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Pakistan: People suffering from power outages spanning upto 14 hours
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Pakistan: People suffering from power outages spanning upto 14 hours

| @indiablooms | 26 Jun 2023, 09:55 am

People in several Pakistani regions are currently facing power outages, which is spanning upto 14 hours, amid rising demand for power in the summer season.

Experts believe this shows a suspected flawed in the energy establishment of the country.

On Saturday, the mercury went up to over 40°C in most parts of the country, and it inflated power demand for cooling purposes, significantly, stretching the national grid’s total energy requirement up to 29,000 MW–30,000 MW. However, electricity generation could not pick up beyond 22,600 MW despite having a generation capacity close to 50,000 MW, sources told The News International.

People have to face multifaceted chronic problems when it comes to electricity supply in the country. Their suffering continues unabated, no matter if it is the low-demand winter months or the peak-load summer season. They are deprived of power supply on one account or another, whether it is a so-called load management plan, approved shutdowns, technical power failures, or intense fluctuations in voltage resulting in brownouts. The menace of these series of power blackouts has made people’s lives hell, the newspaper reported.

Masses are subjected to as many as 3-6 hours of load-shedding in urban areas daily, compared to earlier 1-2 hours between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. It is in stark contrast to the announced outage of up to four hours in 24 hours.

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