Power shortfall crosses 4,000MW

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Power shortfall crosses 4,000MW

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Electricity generation currently stood at 13,109MW against the demand of 17174MW.

13 July,2012 02:15 am

Power shortfall has crossed 4,000MW against 3,000MW a day earlier amidst highly humid weather due to rains in upper Punjab, leaving the consumers into a terrible state of affairs altogether.According to the Energy Management Cell, demand for power remained 17174MW against a supply of 13,109MW in the system. Accordingly, the power shortfall was recorded at 4,065MW during last 24 hours.Resultantly, power cut offs after every alternate hour is a routine matter in a business city like Lahore.Situation is quite worst in other urban areas and rural areas. Power shortfall in rural areas has crossed 20 hours a day.Meanwhile, the Federal Cabinet has decided on Wednesday to ensure equal loadshedding to all the four provinces, a longstanding demand of Chief Minister Punjab.