Saturday, 3 May 2014

Bannu: Protest against prolonged power outages



BANNU: Agitated by relentless load shedding, the residents staged a protest in Bannu and resultantly blocked Bannu-Kohat Road by burning tyres on Friday, Geo News reported.

The demonstrators told that the duration of unannounced power outages has reached up to 22 hours in Bannu and adjoining areas that has adversely affected the business and forced many to close down.

The situation has compelled the citizens to stage a sit-in on Bannu-Kohat Road due to which the road has been blocked for traffic for hours. As a result of protest, long queues of vehicles have been formed on the main artery.

On the other hand, the load shedding duration in urban areas of Northern Balochistan is 15 hours while 18 hours in rural areas. 12-14 hour load shedding is being carried out in Sindh while the situation in Punjab is also not different.

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