Protest against load-shedding in Peshawar, Swat

The people held protest demonstrations against the hours' long power outages in Peshawar and Swat districts and demanded of the government to adopt measure to overcome unannounced load-shedding. In Peshawar's Badabair area, the residents staged protest demonstration and burnt tyres against the hours' long continued load shedding. The enraged protestors also blocked Peshawar-Kohat road for traffic for sometime in the morning. The protesters, who were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against WAPDA and PESCO, also set tyres on fire. The speakers said that long hours load shedding has affected industries and business activities and disturbed daily routine life. Later, the protestors peacefully dispersed. Meanwhile, the residents of Tehsil Matta in Swat also staged protest demonstration against power outages and blocked Mingora Road for traffic, which created problems for school children and government employees in reaching their respective destinations. They said that power outages had led to serious shortage of water in different localities and people were faced with many problems as they had to fetch water from far-off tube wells. They argued it was the responsibility of Government and Wapda to provide uninterrupted power supply to consumers as people of Tehsil Matta were regularly paying their electricity bills. They chanted slogans against Wapda and PESCO and burnt tyres. Later, they peaceful dispersed.