In Lahore, Pakistan, starts commotions due to a disconnection of power.

In Lahore, Pakistan, starts commotions due to a disconnection of power.

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Several residents blocked roads with burning tires and throwing stones at passing cars

ISLAMABAD, July 23. Hundreds of residents of the second largest Pakistani city Lahore and many other settlements north-eastern province of Punjab, took to the streets in protest against the long and not announced in advance by the authorities off the power supply. This was reported by the newspaper Dawn.

According to reports, residents of the Lahore district Batapur blocked several roads with burning tires and throwing stones at passing cars. Its Reported about three  people affected. Another group of protesters armed with clubs already located there and looted the local office of the operating company of electrical networks “Lescaut” (Lahore Electric Supply Company).

Protesters accuse the authorities that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan – the time of strict fasting – leave those residents of Lahore, whose population exceeds 9.5 million people without electricity for an average of 16 hours a day despite the fact that the air temperature in the daytime reaches 40 degrees Celsius.

According to the information received, to the place of mass protests gradually shrink reinforced police. Clashes of protesters with the guardians of order is not fixed yet.

Regular outage is for Pakistan forced measure economies of scarcity of this type of energy. Even in the state capital – Islamabad, whose population is less than 1 million people practiced a power cut for an hour on average six times a day.

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