Faulty PMTs coupled with load shedding spells tough summer for Karachiites

KARACHI – At least 70 percent of pole-mounted transformers (PMTs) in the city are either outdated or overloaded, as the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has not been able to fulfill its commitment to the develop the power supply infrastructure during the last three years, sources told Pakistan Today.
Therefore, the 18 million residents of the city would not only have to put up with the scheduled nine hours of load shedding, but their sufferings would be exacerbated this summer due to the frequent technical faults occurring in the power utility’s system.
Despite the tall claims of the company’s present management, which had vowed to improve its infrastructure by replacing the defective and overloaded equipment with the new ones, most of the defective PMTs across the metropolis have not been replaced.