Power outages in country be overcome, President Asif Ali Zardari

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 7:08 pm under Pakistan News Power outages in country be overcome, President Asif Ali Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday directed the ministry of Water and Power that all the available resources should be tapped in to overcome the power crisis currently in grip of the whole country.

Presiding over a high-level meeting in connection with the power crisis here, he directed the concerned authorities to ensure all the steps to minimize the duration of the load shedding.

Zardari directed that the uninterrupted supply of gas to power plants should be ensured so that load shedding problems could be managed, adding he directed the special committee instituted for power tariffs cuts to expedite the recommendations and that these should be summarily implemented.

He also appreciated the decision regarding the 60 percent payment of the power bills.

Earlier during the meeting, the president was told in the briefing that the power crisis aggravated owing to the low inflow of water from water reservoirs and decreased gas supply; however, after the water inflow from water resources improves, hydel power generation would also improve and this will result into decreasing duration of power outages.

Written by: Sajid Manzoor

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