Karachi — Karachi’s water woes just got heavier. A fault in K-Electric’s main power cable cut electricity to the North East Karachi Pumping Station on May 31, slashing an additional 122 million gallons per day (MGD) from a city already running desperately short.
According to Beyond Time News, K-Electric has completed the repairs and power has been restored. Water supply through the K-II and K-III pumping systems is back on normal schedules.
A Crisis That Was Already Severe
Karachi is now into its second consecutive month of a serious water shortage. Hundreds of thousands of residents across the city have been forced to depend on private water tankers for basic daily needs — paying premium prices for a resource that should reach them through taps.
The cable fault made a bad situation significantly worse, even if only temporarily.
No Water Even on Eid
The depth of the crisis became impossible to ignore during Eid ul Adha. According to Beyond Time News, JI chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman openly criticised the ruling PPP, saying it was shameful that Karachi’s residents were chasing water tankers during one of Islam’s most celebrated occasions.
His words were blunt: “PPP has ruled Sindh for 18 years but has failed to solve Karachi’s water problem.”
Karachi Faces Water Supply Shortage After Power Fault Disrupts Major Pumping Station
Repaired Cable, Unresolved Crisis
The immediate fault is fixed — but that changes very little for the bigger picture. Karachi’s water infrastructure has been neglected for decades. Aging pipelines, inadequate capacity, poor governance, and zero accountability have brought the city to this point.
A repaired cable is a temporary relief. What Karachi needs is a serious, long-term commitment to fixing what has been broken for far too long.
