Sunday, March 21, 2010
Worst load-shedding paralyses industry
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LAHORE: The country is facing severe load-shedding, causing hardship to the people besides jamming the wheel of industry.The situation may lead to contribute towards the problem unemployment.
PEPCO sources said the demand for electricity has exceeded 13500 MW with the soaring temperature against the present generation of 9000 MW, resulting in a supply and demand gap of 4500 MW.
Consequently, the cities across the country are facing up to 8 to 11 hour load-shedding while the duration of power outages in rural areas has touched 18 hours. The capital city of Islamabad is facing unannounced load-shedding of 8 to 10 hours.
The prolonged power outages have adversely affected the trade, agriculture and industry besides water supply.
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