Overview
- A power suspension at the North East Karachi (NEK) K-II pumping station occurred at 3:27am on May 31 and produced an estimated 54 million gallons per day shortfall in the city's water supply.
- K-Electric and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation confirmed the cause as a fault in KE’s main transmission cable that feeds the K-II pumps.
- KWSC arranged an emergency backfeed through the K-III feeder and partially restored electricity around 5:50am but the limited capacity did not allow full pumping to resume.
- Roughly half the city has reported suspended supplies, many residents have turned to costly private water tankers during Eid, and officials warn shortages will deepen without a permanent cable repair.
- The outage adds to weeks of systemic failures — pipeline bursts, leaks and repeated pump power losses — and has prompted political protests, calls for high-level inquiries and urgent demands for coordinated, lasting fixes.