Power shortfall crosses 5,000 megawatts mark

Power shortfall crossed again the threshold of 5,000MW against all tall claims of the federal government. The domestic as well industrial consumers were highly perturbed over long durations of load shedding, cursing the government throughout last 24 hours. According to Energy Management Cell spokesman, power generation remained 13,000MW against a demand of 18,713MW. Power generation through hydel, thermal and IPPs stood at 4,060MW, 1,959MW and 6,930MW respectively.
Meanwhile, the power supply to KESC remained 710MW during last 24 hours. An increase in power shortfall resulted into 15 hours load shedding in urban and 22 hours load shedding in rural areas.