Heatwave continues to persist in Karachi

Karachi: Heatwave     continues to persist in Karachi on Saturday with temperatures rising  to 41 degree Celsius. The Met office said the temperature was recorded at 33 degree  at 9: 00 am in the morning while humidity was 43.Meanwhile, K-Electric has added to the miseries of the people by resorting to load-shedding which in some areas is 10 hours.Citizens are complaining that Help line and Operations Staff was also not available in their office to address the complaints. K-Electric said increase in electricity demand has led to load-shedding while low gas pressure has also affected production capacity of some power plants.Federal Minister Omar Ayub has rejected the K-Electric's claim saying the utility was also acquiring gas more than it requires. Residents of Hyderabad, Larkana, Dadu, Khairpur, Sukker and other parts of Sindh are also witnessing extremely hot weather 

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