Opinion

Precautions to prevent deadly electric shocks during monsoon

In Pakistan, during monsoon urban flooding is a norm in most of the areas due to the poor drainage system. Moreover, overhead wiring through electric polls in cities, have enforced the management and media to guide people about the safety and precautions. When the rain lashes out, current plunges on the roads or electric polls....

Fire raging in grid stations: a new norm in Pakistan

Pakistan witnessing worst power-supply incidents this year. Recurrence of the events related to fire catching the grid stations plunging the cities or villages into the darkness with having high ratio of deaths and injuries, is getting a new norm in the country. Recently on 18-July-2022, in Hyderabad, a transformer at grid station that supplies electricity in...