Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistanis will have to sweat it out this summer as the acute electricity shortage in the country is expected to worsen in the coming days.
The electricity shortage now stands at 3,500 MW and it is expected to go up to between 4,000 and 4,500MW this season when the mercury begins to inch up.
Dawn reported Friday that the power shortage would mean power disruption of nine to 10 hours a day as a shortfall of 450MW translates into an average loadshedding of an hour.
Sources said Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar, who chaired a meeting of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Thursday was informed about the power shortage.
A senior official of Federal Flood Commission said that prevailing low flow in rivers would continue till May 15 when snow would start melting in Skardu and other catchment areas in the northern region.
Power company representatives said they faced serious problems due to non-payment of dues by public sector consumers, including the federal government.
They also wanted the provincial governments to clear their dues, including Sindh government which alone has to pay up Rs.35 billion.
The electricity shortage now stands at 3,500 MW and it is expected to go up to between 4,000 and 4,500MW this season when the mercury begins to inch up.
Dawn reported Friday that the power shortage would mean power disruption of nine to 10 hours a day as a shortfall of 450MW translates into an average loadshedding of an hour.
Sources said Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar, who chaired a meeting of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Thursday was informed about the power shortage.
A senior official of Federal Flood Commission said that prevailing low flow in rivers would continue till May 15 when snow would start melting in Skardu and other catchment areas in the northern region.
Power company representatives said they faced serious problems due to non-payment of dues by public sector consumers, including the federal government.
They also wanted the provincial governments to clear their dues, including Sindh government which alone has to pay up Rs.35 billion.
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