QUETTA: The electricity shortfall in the country on Friday remained at 6,000 megawatts, reducing the gap between production and demand owing to improvement in weather conditions the country amid rainfall.
According to details, the power production remained at 22,000 MW in the country against the demand of 28,000 MW, resulting in a shortfall of 6,000 MW. The duration of electricity loadshedding stood at five hours in urban centres and eight hours in rural areas. The shortfall in Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) remained at 300 MW, resulting in three to four hours of loadshedding in the city.
It is pertinent to mention here that the federal government has announced multiple deadlines previously to end loadshedding in the country, however, they have yet to materialize owing to multiple reasons cited by the ministers including higher fuel prices and delay in maintenance of the power plants.