People wary of power cuts without schedule

LAHORE - The unscheduled and incessant power outages have continued to disturb the routine life of citizens, as a series of unannounced loadshedding have been reported across the country including City.
Spokesperson of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) told The Nation that due to closure of some IPPs of around 650 megawatt and reduced inflow of water from Mangla and Tarbela Pepco was running short of around 1,000 megawatt.
“Electricity demand is currently standing at 11,200MW, which led to a shortage of over 1,000 Mega Watt of power,” he said.
He said that loadshedding of 3-4 hours in urban localities of the country while five hours scheduled load management might be observed in rural areas.