Suspected militants blew up a 500 kv transmission line in the Badbher area near Peshawar yesterday night.
In charge Inqalab checkpost, Fazle Sher Khan told the media that the suspected militants had planted explosives on the tower and blew it up late night, without loss of life.
National Transmission And Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) said that five towers were destroyed in the area, including three towers of Sheikh Muhammdi transmission line which created a short fall of 150 megawatts to the national grid.
The company said that, “alternate means of transmission of electricity are being used to compensate the loss to the affected areas.”
