ISLAMABAD: At least 25 children were rushed to a hospital after they fainted due to the sweltering heat on Wednesday.
Students of a school in Islamabad’s Bara Kahu locality suffered immensely due to the sweltering heat and load shedding.
The children experienced nose bleeding due to the intense heat, after which their teachers, alarmed, poured water over their heads.
The schoolchildren were then taken to a nearby health facility for first aid.
After the alarming incident, 200 schoolchildren were allowed to go home from the Federal Government School due to the absence of power.
It merits mention that unannounced electricity load-shedding has continued across the country as the shortfall has reached 4000 megawatts.
The urban areas are witnessing power outages for five to seven hours while eight to ten hours load-shedding has been recorded in rural areas.
The locals have demanded the concerned authorities to resolve the issue as their routine works are being affected by this electricity crisis.
