Shortfall Reaches 4,000 MW: 9 to 12 Hours Outages
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Pakistan News: The duration of loadshedding has been increased across the country due to power shortfall.
Almost 18 provinces of Punjab and Sindh were plunged into darkness owing to a technical fault occurred in Guddu Thermal Power Plant , which resulted into closing down of its 14 power units. The reduction of water in dams resulted into the decrease in power generation from 6,600megawatts to 630MW. The difference between power generation and its demand is at 4,500MW. As a result, around 12 to 16 hours power outages have been carried out in rural areas while in the urban areas 9 to 12 hours blackouts were reported. Multan city experienced a 12-hour blackout the other night on Monday when the Kot Addu power station main line tripped. In Peshawar, public is suffering acutely due to eight to ten hours loadshedding.
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