LAHORE Electricity and gas crises further deepen on Wednesday owing to another gas pipeline rupture, which compelled the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to stop the supply for Independent Power Producers (IPPs), the major power producing contributors. The power consumers across the country suffered immensely as the generation and transmission gap in the national grid reached at 3500MW, the sources in Pepco said. As per sources in the PEPCO, the gas curtailment further dropped the electricity generation. The sources said that the generation was already reached to such low level that most area consumers in the country were getting power supply for one hour after four hours. However, the situation was better for 'VIP feeders across the country as there was no one to monitor the load-dispatch management, they claimed. According to insiders, there was more than 16 hours loadshedding in the limits of Quetta Electric Supply Company. The PESCOs rural consumers were facing above 12 hours electricity outages. The situation was same in the areas of Interior Sindh, Southern Punjab, Faisalabad and Gujranwala regions. However, the electricity supply was comparatively better in Lahore and Multan. Currently, the Lahorites have to face about four-hour electricity outages, but, there was about seven to eight hour loadshedding in the suburbs of the Provincial metropolis. According to the PEPCO, the generation is 10836 MW against the demand of 13831MW. The Company, on Wednesday, officially admitted 2995MW shortfall in the energy basket. The hydel, thermal, IPPs and RPPs generation is being described 3798, 1997, 4979 and 62 MW respectively. The Pepco has pinned its hopes on gas resuming for better production. But, the sources said that the SNGPL was not able to feed the Pepcos thermal units and IPPs properly as it already facing pressure for smooth supply from industrial sector, CNG stations and of course domestic consumers. According to the insiders the electricity situation might not improve even in the coming hot summer.