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Afghanistan: Kabul residents complain of power shortage
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the power shortage, they have urged Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS), the country's power utility, to take the situation seriously and come up with a solution.
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Karnataka faces electricity shortage of 15000 MW; previous govt blamed
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The state of Karnataka has been facing huge power crisis since last few months which has led to mega protests by the opposition. The State is seeing an unprecedented demand of more than 15000 MW in October 2023, Energy Minister K J George said today in New Delhi.
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Afghanistan: Herat witnesses 70 pc decline in manufacturing activities due
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The decline in the inflow of imported electricity has caused concerns regarding the stability of Herat's power supply and its potential impact on various sectors, including the industrial sector, which heavily relies on a consistent and abundant source of energy.
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Pakistan: Protests held against frequent power outages in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Awami Action Committee (AAC) held protest demonstrations in Skardu town of Gilgit-Baltistan as power outages have become a regular affair in the region.
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Pakistan: Decline in textile export hurts livelihoods, economy
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan's ongoing power crisis just added to the problem. Frequent and longer outages and higher energy costs have driven many out of business. This has rendered losses of USD 70 billion to the textile industry alone, reported Asian Lite International.
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Gilgit-Baltistan to disconnect special power transmission lines to govt of
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Gilgit Baltistan water and power department in cooperation with district administrations has begun its action from Sunday to overcome the power shortage.
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CM Dhami informs Union Minister RK Singh about power shortage in Uttarakha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday called on Union Power Minister RK Singh in the national capital on Friday.
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Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For weeks, public protests have reverberated across Gilgit city over 22-hour power shortages. A new wave of protests is likely to hit the region from March 10.
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Protests in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan over wheat, electricity shortage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In Gilgit Baltistan, many residents including women gathered at the intersection and blocked Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam to protest up to 22 hours of daily power outages in their area.
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Power shortage amid political power games in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Prolonged power cuts have led to frequent angry demonstrations in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The provincial authorities are using police force and issuing stern warnings to the protestors. Skardu city has been left totally without electricity for the past three months.
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As Pak politicians quarrel in National Assembly, power-starved people prot
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The country's north suffers the worst. The area despite being water-surplus has run dry on electricity because only a fourth of the power is sourced from the hydel systems. The country's planners have placed their emphasis on the difficult-to-find and expensive fossils.
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Kabul residents complain of shortage of power amid cold weather
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid the ongoing spell of extreme winters in Afghanistan, the residents of Kabul criticized the electricity shortage and said that power shortages create many challenges for the people, TOLOnews reported.
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