Loadshedding intensifies as shortfall reaches 4100
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LAHORE (Dunya News) — The power outages have intensified once again as the independent power producers (IPPs) face difficulties in servicing their dues and continuing power production, Dunya News reported. The urban areas continue to bear with loadshedding every hour.According to NTDC, the circulating debts of the private oil companies are multiplying which is resulting in a lower supply of oil to IPPs. Consequently, IPPs are producing 4000 MW of electricity instead of the required production of 6000 MW. The constraint has caused an increase in the loadshedding across Pakistan as the shortfall has reached 4100 MW.
According to sources, if the government fails to pay the outstanding bills and the loan, the IPPs units would nearly collapse leading to a severe electricity crisis in the country. Currently, the urban areas are facing 7 hours of usual loadshedding where as 12 hours of unannounced outages have become a normal routine. On the other hand, the rural areas receive an unrelenting flogging of more than 15 hours of loadshedding daily.
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