LAHORE: Ministry of Water and Power has said that all the damages caused to the electricity lines by heavy rainstorm on Saturday evening in different areas of the country have been completely restored and there was no forced load shedding on any feeder across the country throughout the day. The statement said that at Sehri time all the domestic feeders in the country were exempted from load shedding one hour before and half an hour after as per the schedule, except for the system constraints that existed in very few areas.
The system currently is generating an average of 15400 MW electricity while at peak time reached upto 16000 MW.
Due to effective measures taken for closing the industry at the time of Iftar, Tarawee and Seheri timings, all the available electricity is being provided to the domestic consumers. Special instructions have been passed to ensure closing the industry on mix feeders so that maximum electricity can be provided to the domestic consumers. According special teams have been formed by each Distraction company to monitor and enforce the load shedding schedule for the industry both on independent and mix feeders.
The Secretary Ministry of Water and Power Mohammad Younus Dagha along with other officials has been continuously monitoring the situation. Regular video and internet link conference is conducted between the Ministry of Water and Power and the Distribution Companies.
The Federal Complaint cell is also working round the clock to redress the complaints from consumers.
The Ministry of Water and Power is working hard to provide maximum relief to the consumers across the country. There are 637,435 transformers at the distribution system across the country expect the Karachi being operated by K-Electric. There may be localised faults or damage for which continuous efforts are being made to attend complaints within shortest time frame.