KARACHI:As part of continued efforts to strengthen network reliability and add rain mitigation measures to critical power infrastructure, K-Electric (KE) has inaugurated its first elevated substation.
According to a KE statement, this substation elevation, rebuilt in the Merchant Flats area of Clifton, was done in line with the power utility’s broader plan to reduce the risk of damage to critical power infrastructure from waterlogging in KE’s low-lying service areas. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by the Cantonment Executive Officer of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) – Muhammad Saleem Hassan Wattoo. Others in attendance were CBC’s Deputy Cantonment Executive Officer – Dr. Rizwan Chaudhry and Chief Distribution Officer (CDO) of KE, Amer Zia. Various other KE officials were also present at the occasion.
The elevation of this substation is part of an additional PKR 9.5 billion investment announced by the KE Board of Directors, following record monsoons the previous year that caused unprecedented damage to Karachi’s power network, with low-lying areas especially impacted.