Overview
- The water utility reported a 884 million-gallon deficit in the first 23 days of November, tying the losses to extended power interruptions at major pumping stations.
- Dhabeji was hit hardest with 132 hours and 20 minutes offline and a 424 million-gallon loss, Dumlottee logged 146 hours without power for a 111 million-gallon deficit, and North East Karachi recorded a 335 million-gallon shortfall.
- Smaller stations also reported losses, with 6 million gallons each at Hub and Pipri and 2 million gallons at Gharo, and officials warned repeated cable faults risk damaging pumping machinery.
- Public frustration spilled into the streets as residents entered the Nagan Chowrangi station and a Sakhi Hasan hydrant to demand service, with police negotiating peaceful dispersals.
- KWSC says power has been restored and supply normalised, while it urges alternate feeders, standby cables and technical upgrades as K-Electric counters that leaking pipelines submerge cables and impede safe repairs.