LAHORE - All the eight electric power distribution companies of PEPCO have resorted to 570 minutes of unannounced loadshedding on Wednesday following the electricity shortfall touching the 3500 mw mark. Talking to The Nation, the sources said that the DISCOs observed more than 9 intervals of an hour within 24 hours despite the claims that 6 hour power supplies cut-off would be observed on feeders at a time on the system. The rural areas were hit hard by facing more intervals of power cut-off, bearing the brunt for the utility's inefficiency, which has shifted the blame on the curtailment in water releases from dams. Meanwhile, 4 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) had stopped more electricity for the PEPCO system. However, the officials confirmed that these power plants had not been generating the electricity. The LESCO has initiated different loadshedding by rotating the daily schedule of the alternative areas. The LESCO sources confirmed that that the company started revising the loadshedding schedule on daily basis. They said that the company had been putting loadshedding pressure on typical feeders and provide some relief by next day. Col. Shiraz, a resident of Gulberg said that he was upset with the LESCO which failed in providing electricity to his locality, especially at night. 'It is hard to believe the LESCO's claim of having enough power to meet the power demand', he said ,adding, 'this has been going on for the past several days. We lodge complaints with the LESCO sub-division but they seem to care little about us'. He said that for the past one week his locality had a power breakdown for more than two hours every day. Shakeel Butt, a resident of Ichhra said that LESCO suspended electricity every day of his locality for two hours with different odd intervals. He said the time of electricity shutdowns was rotating. He said he asked one of the officials of his sub division about the issue and came to know that LESCO was switching off its grid stations in rotation for half an hour to two hours on daily basis. 'Since the start of summer we are spending every night miserably due to late hour power suspension', said Mrs. Mujahid, a resident of Johar Town. She said now it has become a routine in their locality. She said on Monday the electricity supply of her locality was suspended at about 3 am and was restored at about 4 am. She said later the supply again went off at about 10 am and was restored at about 10.30 am and again on 4 pm and was restored at about 5.30 pm. She said that the higher authorities should take immediate action over this serious problem by saving the consumers from this inconvenience as soon as possible. 'We are paying heavy electricity bills for the poorest service in this world', said Talib, a resident of Samanabad while talking to TheNation. He said the electricity of his area was suspended at around 1.30 am and was restored at 3 am. He said repeated calls were made to the concerned LESCO officials but none of the concerned senior officials were available for the consumers. Other localities witnessed shutdowns include Chungi Amarsidhu, Kahna, Fazl Town, Rana Town, Hadyara, Landa Bazar, Gawala Colony, Karim Park, Sherakot, Township, Misri Shah, Bagbanpura, Bagh Munshi Ladha, Mughalpura, Nonarian, Gulshan-i-Ravi, Mochi Gate, Shah Alam, Kashmiri Bazar, Dharampura, Bhati Gate, Gawalmandi, Tajpura, Ghaziabad, Sadar Bazar, Gulfishan Colony, Model Town, Urdu Bazar, Bibi Pakdaman, Race Course, Lawrance Road, Allama Iqbal Town, Akbari Gate, Anarkali, Rehman Villas, Cantt View, Kahana, Chungi WAPDA Town, Johar Town, Green Town, Mariyam Colony and Ravi Road.