IESCO: 3 Cities Will Be Up to 10 Hours Without Electricity on 8 November

Meanwhile, the Islamabad Electric Supply Firm (IESCO) will suspend electricity in parts of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Jhelum on Sunday, November 8, with some areas going without power for up to 10 hours.

Key points

• Mehfooz Shaheed / Shahzad Town Rawal Town, Scheme-4, Sohan Village, CDA Tubewells (Ameen Faheem) 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.
• Waheed Abad Sanam Chowk, 1 Minar Masjid, Gira Road, Wahidabad 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.
• Khanna East Ghauri Town Phase 4A and 5, Madina Town 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.
• Barma Burma Chowk, Java Road, Saif Islam Colony and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.
• Islamabad Club-I Bani Gala, Orchard Scheme, Club Road 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

According to the shutdown schedule shared by IESCO, most 11kV feeders will stay off from 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM for annual maintenance, construction and development work, and grid transformer upkeep. The longest outage is in Rawalpindi Cantt, where the Islamabad Feed Mill (IFM) feeder near Baga Sheikhan will remain off from 7: 00 AM to 5: 00 PM.

For context, a number of other feeders will additionally run longer than the standard five-hour window. While maintenance on the Taxila-HIT 132kV transmission line in Attock is listed from 9: 00 AM to 4: 00 PM, the New GHQ feeder in Rawalpindi Cantt is scheduled from 9: 00 AM to 5: 00 PM. A second batch of Chaklala-area feeders will be off from 10: 00 AM to 1: 00 PM.

IESCO has apologized for the inconvenience and asked consumers for cooperation. The same maintenance program additionally cut power throughout the region on November 7 and November 4.

In Islamabad, outages cover F-6, G-6, G-7, Tarlai, Rawal, Khanna Dak and Bara Kahu, including Margalla Town, Orchard Scheme, Ghouri Town, Park Enclave, Bahria Enclave and the IT Park. Feeders tied to 132kV F-6 grid transformer maintenance additionally affect Jinnah Super, Pak Secretariat and State Life. Feeder Affected Areas Timing. PTET PTET Tower 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Orchard Scheme (VIP) Margalla Town Phase I and II, Orchard Scheme 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Tramarri Southern Road, Tarlai Kalan and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Sudhran Road Al Noor Colony, KRL Road and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. ISI ISI 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Chattha Royal Avenue, Park Road and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Comsats Comsats University and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Azad Shaheed Irfanabad, Lathrar Road and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Ghouri Garden Markaz, Ghouri Town / Garden and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Lehtar Road Burma Town and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Park Enclave-1 Park Enclave and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Kund Rajgan Tarlai and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Khadrappur Khadrappur and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. Waris Haveli Waris Haveli 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Scheme-1 Scheme-I and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

King Hammad King Hammad and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Khanna Dak Bilal Town, Khandak, Qutbal Town and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Kuri Mohra Noor, Rehara, Kuri Sher and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

C.M Pak (Zong) Zong headquarters and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

PHA-1 Bahria Enclave, PHA-1 and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. Isolation Hospital Isolation Hospital 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. IT Park IT Park 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Scheme-II Scheme-I, Scheme-II, Green Avenue 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Chak Shehzad Rawal Town, Sohan Village and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. Islamabad 132kV F-6 Grid Station.

These feeders will be off for power transformer maintenance at the F-6 grid station. Feeder Affected Areas Timing.

MCBC PTET Building, MC and BC Building 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

China Chowk Saudi Building and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Super Mkt Jinnah Super and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Babul ul Islam Portion of F-7 and surrounding area 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Pak Sec No.3 Pak Secretariat 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

Pak Sec No.4 Pak Secretariat 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. State Life State Life 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM.

NDR F-6/4 NDR F-6/4 9: 00 AM to 2: 00 PM. Rawalpindi City Operation Circle.

Taken together, the developments around IESCO: 3 Cities Will Be Up to 10 Hours Without Electricity on point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.