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    Pakistan Power Crisis: Flour wet in Kangali! Loss of 5.71 billion rupees in one day due to power failure in Pakistan, full story of power crisis

    BhagyashreeBy Updated:No Comments3 Mins Read
    Islamabad : There was darkness in Pakistan on Monday. This was the second time in the last three months that the National Grid was hit by a fault. Power supply was interrupted from the capital Islamabad to Karachi and Lahore. The country is already in the grip of a severe energy crisis. To save electricity, the government has issued an order to close the markets at 8 pm. The timing of marriages has also been limited till 10 pm. But Monday’s blackout has exposed the preparations of Shahbaz government, due to which billions of rupees were lost in a single day. Let us understand what happened in Pakistan on Monday and how crores of people got drowned in darkness?

    On Monday morning, some Pakistani social media users claimed that there was no electricity in many areas of the country. Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir then said that the national grid’s system frequency went down around 7:30 am, causing a “widespread breakdown” in the power system. Dastgir told Reuters the blackout was caused by a large voltage surge in the south of the country that affected the entire network.

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    How did energy disaster come in Pakistan?

    Pakistan is currently facing a serious energy crisis. In fact, the country meets more than a third of its annual electricity demand using imported natural gas. Its price has skyrocketed since the Ukraine war. Pakistan has been struggling to buy fuel from abroad due to recent delays in receiving loans under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) programme. Fuel shipments form a major part of Pakistan’s imports and the current currency reserves can barely cover a month’s worth of imports.

    How do power grids fail?

    Pakistan has been facing long power cuts for several months. The condition of rural areas is worse than the cities. Many parts are still facing power cuts to save fuel cost. Power grids fail or break down when there is a large gap between demand and supply or sometimes even due to sudden changes in electricity usage patterns. In most cases, when the difference between supply and demand exceeds a certain threshold, all generating stations are unplugged from the grid, resulting in a blackout.

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    Loss of 5.71 billion rupees in one day

    At the moment it is not clear what was the exact cause of the grid failure in Pakistan. But the frequency of the power grid usually drops when supply falls short of demand. The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) on Monday reported a loss of $70 million (Rs 5.71 billion) to the country’s textile industry. An APTMA spokesperson had said that if the issue is not resolved, the losses would run into billions of dollars.

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    Bhagyashree Soni is a software engineer with soft writing skills. She is a degree holder from the International School of Entrepreneurial Leadership. She has been a state-level badminton champion and chess player. A woman with a forthright attitude enjoys her writing passion as her chosen career. Writing in the context of feminism, social cause and entrepreneurship is her forte.

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