ISLAMABAD – The Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmad Leghari has declared five thousand two hundred ninety-seven feeders as load-shedding free from tonight in the first phase of load-shedding free Pakistan.
The minister was addressing a news briefing in Islamabad on Sunday evening, and said that only 236 feeders out of 8600 feeders were observing zero load-shedding, while from tonight 63 percent of them have been made load-shedding free.
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Awais Leghari said that zero load-shedding feeders include LESCO 1227, GEPCO 748, FESCO 896, IESCO 710, MEPCO 763, PESCO 309, HESCO, 204, QUESCO 61, and tribal areas 29 feeders.
He said zero load-shedding will be observed on feeders with below 10 percent losses.
The minister said zero load-shedding will be fully monitored to ensure uninterrupted electricity on the said feeders. He also announced to abolish the urban and rural differentiation for load shedding to ensure equal distribution of electricity among the consumers.
Sardar Awais Leghari said 16, 477 MW of electricity is being generated in the country today. He said at present 2700 megawatt of electricity is surplus.
He urged the people to cooperate with the power distributing companies to overcome electricity theft so that load-shedding can be eliminated hundred percent.
To a question, Awais Leghari said that overbilling is not allowed at all, the PML-N is committed to fulfil its election vows to end load-shedding in the country, he added.
Umar Saif, Chiarman of Punjab IT Board, also shared his comments on the incumbent government’s achievement regarding curbing the loadshedding. He says, “Pakistan becomes free of load shedding at the strike of midnight tonight! As an eye witness to the struggle, adding over 8,500 MW to the national grid was a Herculean ask”.
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