Odd timing of power outages irritates residents of Defence Road

Rawalpindi
The residents of Defence Road are facing difficulties every morning because of wrong schedule of loadshedding from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. The housewives have strongly protested against Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), saying that they could not send their children to schools properly due to the wrong schedule of electricity loadshedding, as the majority of schools start at 7:45 a.m. during winter season.
They said that they were facing difficulties in ironing uniforms of their children, preparing breakfast and in some cases finding out textbooks of their children due to odd timing of electricity loadshedding.
According to the schedule issued by the Islamabad Electric Supply Company for Defence Road residents, light goes off from 6:30 to 7:30 in morning, second time from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., third time from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., fourth time 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
When ‘The News’ contacted the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) senior officer deployed at the Tariqabad Grid Station, Muhammad Nadeem, he said that the loadshedding schedule has been issued by the high-ups. “However, we would send this message to the high-ups and request to change the loadshedding schedule in the morning time,” he assured.
Talking to ‘The News,’ Asma Batool, a resident of Saleha Street at Defence Road, said that she could not iron uniforms of her children due to the schedule of electricity loadshedding . "I could not prepare breakfast for them as well," she denounced.
Nazli Anjum, another housewife, said that the high-ups should think before setting the loadshedding schedule. They should know that all children go to schools in the morning and from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. all remain busy.
Misba Faisal, a housewife said although she had ironed the uniforms of her kids a night before, but had to use emergency lights when her kids went to washroom and while preparing breakfast in kitchen, she added.