Lahore: Life of citizens is unbearable due to load shedding in Ramadan

In other urban and rural areas of Punjab, including Lahore, power outages in the scorching heat during Ramadan have made the lives of citize...

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In other urban and rural areas of Punjab, including Lahore, power outages in the scorching heat during Ramadan have made the lives of citizens miserable.

 

The citizen said that he has been facing unannounced load shedding for 2 to 4 hours at different times for the last several days. File Photo: MAK NEWS-21

According to Dawn newspaper, the situation is dire in rural and urban areas under the jurisdiction of high loss feeders (all categories) of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) where consumers have to endure 4 to 10 hours of load shedding at different times. Are forced

 

Consumers have criticized the government for not doing enough to alleviate the problem by ensuring uninterrupted power supply.

 

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A resident of a rural area of ​​Kasur lamented that terrible load shedding was eating away at us in such hot weather but the authorities kept making loud claims of uninterrupted power supply, such claims are completely false.

"For the last several days, we have been facing unannounced load shedding for two to four hours at different times," he said.

According to a Batapur resident, "Consumers are facing 4 to 8 hours of load shedding. We do not know why our semi-rural area is being treated like this."

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A resident of Johar Town said, “Since the onset of summer, especially during the month of Ramadan, unannounced load shedding has disrupted our normal business. Is happening

According to LESCO sources, the situation has started improving in some parts of Punjab after the long haul wave weakened due to rains.

An official said that the power shortfall during Iftar has been significantly reduced. Last Wednesday, the maximum demand reached 4,900 MW while the shortfall was more than 500 MW.

Also read: 8,000 MW power shortfall persists in the country

Sources in the Petroleum Division said that the ongoing energy crisis is likely to end soon as the new government has recently procured 3 liquefied natural gas cargoes, LNG cargoes which are delivered to Pakistan through a quick tender process. Will be offered through Total Energy and Qatar Energy Trading at 29.6700 and. 24.1500 per MMBTU between May 1 to 2 and May 12-13.

Ghias Paracha, a representative of the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA), said: According to the agreement with Qatar, the country will also receive 8 LNG cargoes in May at the agreed rates, so the total number of cargoes received in May will be 11 which will be the country 2 private sector LNG at Karachi port. Is approximately equal to the total capacity of the terminal regasification.

Ghias Paracha said that in addition to these 9 cargoes, Pakistan will also get another LNG cargo from Qatar Energy Trading from June 6 to 7 at the rates agreed upon with Qatar.