25 Students Blackout due to Power Breakdown in Islamabad
At least 25 children were shifted to hospital after they collapsed at their school. The reason was the extreme temperature and load shedding due to power breakdown in the federal capital on Wednesday. As a heat wave is sweeping through the part of the country; sporadic electricity cuts have deteriorated conditions at schools; which opened from Monday (June) after a long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The students of the public education facility located in the Bara Kahu area also suffered from the sweltering heat and load-shedding, a complete blackout.
Earlier, the Ministry of Energy spokesperson, tweeting from the ministry’s official Twitter handle, said that according to initial reports, the Guddu power plant developed a fault at 11:41 pm on Saturday night. “The fault caused the country’s high transmission lines to trip, which in turn caused the system frequency to drop from 50 to 0 in less than a second. The drop in frequency caused power plants to shut down.”
ابتدائی رپورٹ کے مطابق گدو میں 11:41پر فالٹ پیدا ہوا ہے
فالٹ نے ملک کی ہائی ٹرانسمیشن میں ٹرپنگ کی اور جس کی وجہ سے ایک سینڈ سے بھی کم وقت میں سسٹم کی فریکونسی 50سے 0پر آئی ہے
فریکونسی کے گرنے کی وجہ سے پاور پلانٹس بند ہوئے ہیں
ترجمان پاور ڈویژن
— Ministry of Energy (@MoWP15) January 9, 2021
Students Suffered Nose Bleeding due to Power Breakdown:
Reports said that the students suffered nose bleeding; after which they were rushed to the hospital. They are now in stable condition. Following the incident; the school administration allowed 200 students to go home due to a power outage in the capital city where the temperature has soared to 42C. The rise in temperature caused a spike in power demand across the country; leading to load-shedding in different areas of the country.
Meanwhile, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has taken serious notice of excessive power cuts faced by consumers throughout the country. All the discs, including KE under the relevant provisions of their licenses; are obligated to provide uninterrupted; reliable power supply to the consumers; said a press release issued on Wednesday. Therefore, to explore the actual reasons and to address the same; NEPRA has directed the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of all DISCOs and KE to appear before the NEPRA on Friday at 0930 hours. They appraise them regarding actual causes and remedial measures taken by them to eliminate the excessive load shedding.
