The News International, Wednesday, July 01, 2009
LAHORE: The Monday’s short-circuiting of 10 turbines at the Mangla Hydro Power Station will take at least two months for repair, The News has learnt.
The entire power plant came to a grinding halt after the mishap, which, the sources revealed, was the result of Mangla managers’ attempt to push the worn-out system beyond limits, taking the total generation to 1,150 MW against the normal 1,000 MW. The original ‘oil-filled’ cables, having outlived their utility, could not survive the extra load, leading to the disaster. The Wapda had already awarded the tender for the replacement of these underground oil-filled cables. These cables, joining the turbines with the national grid, had a lifespan of 30 years and should have been replaced till 1997.
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LAHORE: The Monday’s short-circuiting of 10 turbines at the Mangla Hydro Power Station will take at least two months for repair, The News has learnt.
The entire power plant came to a grinding halt after the mishap, which, the sources revealed, was the result of Mangla managers’ attempt to push the worn-out system beyond limits, taking the total generation to 1,150 MW against the normal 1,000 MW. The original ‘oil-filled’ cables, having outlived their utility, could not survive the extra load, leading to the disaster. The Wapda had already awarded the tender for the replacement of these underground oil-filled cables. These cables, joining the turbines with the national grid, had a lifespan of 30 years and should have been replaced till 1997.
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Labels: Loadshedding, Mangla Dam, Power Breakdown
posted @ 9:26 PM,
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Power protests
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan, Saturday, 27 Jun, 2009
THE sporadic street protests in various towns and cities of Pakistan against frequent and prolonged power breakdowns are not surprising in the least. On Thursday consumers gave vent to their anger in Lahore and Layyah. Other places too have witnessed similar scenes. After all, life for ordinary citizens is anything but easy and there are limits to one’s tolerance. For those who cannot afford generators and UPS units the challenges are formidable. Given the heat and discomfort of the day and the darkness of the night, one can understand their frustration. But people also have to contend with other kinds of problems — losses in business, industrial productivity and in terms of education and healthcare. So dependent is national life on the supply of power that it is practically impossible to manage without electricity. To the frequent interruptions in power supply we can add the uncertainty of unscheduled loadshedding, breakdowns that take ages to repair and the problem of voltage fluctuation. In other words, power supply has become most unreliable, and has hit productivity and the national economy the hardest.
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THE sporadic street protests in various towns and cities of Pakistan against frequent and prolonged power breakdowns are not surprising in the least. On Thursday consumers gave vent to their anger in Lahore and Layyah. Other places too have witnessed similar scenes. After all, life for ordinary citizens is anything but easy and there are limits to one’s tolerance. For those who cannot afford generators and UPS units the challenges are formidable. Given the heat and discomfort of the day and the darkness of the night, one can understand their frustration. But people also have to contend with other kinds of problems — losses in business, industrial productivity and in terms of education and healthcare. So dependent is national life on the supply of power that it is practically impossible to manage without electricity. To the frequent interruptions in power supply we can add the uncertainty of unscheduled loadshedding, breakdowns that take ages to repair and the problem of voltage fluctuation. In other words, power supply has become most unreliable, and has hit productivity and the national economy the hardest.
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Labels: Loadshedding, Power Breakdown
posted @ 9:50 AM,
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Massive power breakdown hits Karachi
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, June 18, 2009
KARACHI: Almost the entire city was deprived of electricity on Wednesday evening after a power crisis of horrendous proportions hit power generation, transmission, and distribution systems of the Karachi Electric Supply Company.
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KARACHI: Almost the entire city was deprived of electricity on Wednesday evening after a power crisis of horrendous proportions hit power generation, transmission, and distribution systems of the Karachi Electric Supply Company.
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Labels: Karachi, Power Breakdown
posted @ 9:17 AM,
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