Power outages decreased by 52pc, not ended entirely: govt
Federal government told the standing committee that recovery hiked while line losses reduced
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal government on Wednesday admitted before National Assembly s Standing Committee on Energy that power outages have not been completely taken care of as there has only been a 52 percent decrease from previous reign.
It was told that the government has specially worked on revenue collection and line losses. The revenue has increased by 5pc while the line losses went down, the representative added.
When asked about the duration of load-shedding, it was answered that power outages have been reduced to 3-4 hours from 12-hour routine. 6,107 megawatts of electricity have been added to the system within four years of rule.
The government assured that they spike the electricity from 11,800 megawatts to 18,600 megawatts. A shortfall of 2,800 will be left by the end of five years of the PML-N rule, it was promised.
Speaking to the NA committee, government spokesperson claimed to reduce line losses from 18% to 17.9%.
