{"id":21675,"date":"2026-04-25T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21675"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:35:48","slug":"seven-pumps-at-dhabeji-pumping-station-to-remain-shut-for-48-hours-water-shortage-expected-in-multiple-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21675","title":{"rendered":"Seven Pumps at Dhabeji Pumping Station to Remain Shut for 48 Hours, Water Shortage Expected in Multiple Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Karachi: Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation spokesperson has stated that the process of connecting a new line to the water network at Dhabeji Pumping Station will begin this afternoon, which is likely to disrupt water supply across the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesperson, 7 out of 9 pumps at the station will remain shut for 48 hours during this process, while water supply from these pumps will be restored on April 27, whereas the remaining 2 pumps will stay closed for an additional five days.<\/p>\n<p>He added that water supply will remain temporarily suspended in areas including North Karachi, Surjani, Scheme 33, and Gulistan-e-Johar, causing inconvenience for residents.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, parts of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Saddar, Landhi, Korangi, and Chanesar Town will also face disruption in water supply, while hydrants at Nipa, Safora, and Sakhi Hassan will remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson further stated that the city will face a shortfall of approximately 250 million gallons of water per day during this period, increasing the likelihood of a severe water shortage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation spokesperson has stated that the process of connecting a new line to the water network at Dhabeji Pumping Station will begin this afternoon, which is likely to disrupt water supply across the city. According to the spokesperson, 7 out of 9 pumps at the station will remain shut for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[7506,74,8445,11980,5952,9958],"class_list":["post-21675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-dhabeji-pumping-station","tag-karachi","tag-urban-issues","tag-water-corporation","tag-water-shortage","tag-water-supply"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21677,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions\/21677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}