ISLAMABAD: Power shortfall on Saturday reached 5,500 megawatt (MW) with unannounced load-shedding in urban and rural areas due to increased pressure on the system.
According to National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) sources, the electricity demand is 21,000 MW whereas the production is 15,500 MW.
Besides this, urban areas are facing eight hours and rural areas 12 hours of power cut in holy month of Ramdan as well as the government has announced to reduce loadshedding during the holy month.
Sources say that power demand is gradually increasing due to warm weather whereas water outflow has not grown in big dams as a result of which hydroelectric production is not being raised.
INP