Affected by El Nino phenomenon, the extreme weather continues to appear. Following the heat wave in India, more than 2000 people were killed, Pakistan has also ushered in the ten years of the most high temperature. Due to the shortage of electricity in Pakistan local perennial, Karachi people to buy Generators crazy, generator sales soared.
C weekly from Pakistan "dawn" reported in June 24th, Pakistan ushered in ten years of the most serious hot weather. For a long time, water shortage dilemma is tantamount to maltreat an injured person. Because of the shortage of power supply, air conditioning and fan useless. The heatwave of Ramadan, devout believers every day before sunset to diet, many people died of dehydration. In the past four days, the heat wave has made nearly a thousand people in Karachi died.
Pakistan years of severe power shortage, according to Pakistan electric power company that Pakistan is now daily generation capacity of about 12000 megawatts, and domestic demand for electricity is about 1.6 million MW, with a gap of about 4000 MW. The shortage of electricity has led to a surge in demand for generators at high temperatures in Karachi.
According to generator vendors, in the past four days, Karachi generator sales have doubled. But generator sales soared just a temporary phenomenon, is expected to fall sharply after the heat wave. C weekly magazine was informed that the price of the low cost of the Chinese generator is more popular than the Pakistani people.
The power shortage is Pakistan's "big" problem. To ease the shortage of electricity in Pakistan, the Pakistani government has ordered the restaurant to shut down in advance to save energy. In Islamabad, shops and restaurants must early closing, and the provisions of both the closing time respectively for 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., a wedding is to catch the end before 11 o'clock. Office workers to wear summer clothes, office to turn off the air conditioning to save electricity, the government also advise the people of Pakistan if you think summer is too hot, do not wear socks.