People endure sultry# weather, hours-long #loadshedding
#LAHORE (MNP) – People are facing a great deal of #inconvenience as the #loadshedding duration in Lahore and #Islamabad touched 10 hours a day amid a shortfall of 6,160 #megawatts on Thursday.
The shortfall and #consequent o#utages have been triggered by intense #weather c#onditions in the country. It also led to water shortage in many areas.
The Power Division sources said the total production of electricity on Thursday was 20,540MW and the demand was 26,700MW all across the country. They said the production of hydroelectric power was 8,000MW, government thermal power plants 570 W and production of private sector power plants remained 7,300MW.
The sources added that the production of electricity from wind power plants stood at 1,200MW, the production of solar power plants 120 MW and bagasse 150MW while the production of nuclear power plants was 3,200MW.
