KARACHI: The city faced a shortfall of 100 million gallons of water on Sunday due to annual maintenance work by the K-Electric at one of its key pumping stations.

A Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) spokesman said that the power utility carried out the first phase of its annual maintenance work for 2024-25 at the Dhabeji Pumping Station on Sunday.

He said that the maintenance activities occurred from 8am to 8pm, resulting in a 12-hour power shutdown at the station.

The spokesman said the electricity supply to various feeders of the Dhabeji Pumping Station was partially disrupted and the city experienced a reduction of 100 MGD in its water supply.

He said Karachi’s regular supply was 650MGD and 550MGD was supplied to the city during the maintenance.

The spokesperson said that water supply to the city from the Dhabeji Pumping Station was restored in the evening, and there was no water crisis in the city.

Published in Dawn, January 6th, 2025