Residents of Pakistan's Karachi city are grappling with severe financial strain due to excessive billing and the imposition of additional taxes by K-Electric, the city's primary electricity provider.
Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), criticized the Pakistani government for deliberately underdeveloping the region to maintain control. He highlighted severe issues including power outages, inadequate clean water, poor road conditions, failing heal
A deluge of rainfall has wreaked havoc in the northern and north-western parts of the country, causing widespread disruptions. The relentless downpour has brought daily life to a standstill, with flooded roads, suspended transportation, and power outages reported in several areas.
The protesters, fed up with the government's inaction, blocked roads in parts of Gilgit City, demanding immediate and effective solutions to the persistent electricity crisis, as reported by local media outlet Markhor Times.
Amid record-high temperatures, residents of the southern Russian city of Krasnodar held a rare protest on Saturday about power outages and disruptions to the water supply caused by a power grid breakdown, according to CNN.
Amid the hot and humid weather in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the residents are facing power outages of two to three hours, adding to their woes. Due to the power outages, the residents are also facing water shortage problems, the Dawn reported.
Sindh Energy Minister, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, said on Wednesday that load shedding in Karachi would be lowered by K-Electric in the next few days, according to ARY News.
Residents of the Harbandas area in Chilas, located in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, organized a protest recently, expressing their frustration over prolonged power outages.
Ecuador faced a nationwide blackout on Wednesday afternoon and the country's Public Infrastructure Minister, Roberto Luque, blamed the "failure in the transmission line" for the emergency.
A power outage was reported at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Monday. As a result of the same, check-in and boarding facilities were impacted for a while, said an official.