ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division Engineer Khurram Dastgir claimed that entire power system was fully restored at 5.14am Tuesday across country.

Addressing press conference here, he said despite restoring system, there would be shortage of electricity for next two days as nuclear power plants required 48-72 hours to start supplying electricity to system. Similarly, coal power plants required around 48 hours for synchronisation, he said.

He said yesterday one unit of each Sahiwal and Engro Coal Power plant has also started work. There would be shortage of electricity for next 48 hours and limited power load-shedding would be carried out, he added.

However, he made it clear that industrial consumers would be exempted from power load-shedding as per policy of incumbent government. Khurram Dastgir said there was “Delay in synchronization between Tarbela and Mangla power plants but with support of Power Division, WAPDA and Water Resource Ministry, they fixed technical problem after which power systems across country were restored.

He said the entire transmission system remained safe and no incident of any damage was reported during yesterday’s country-wide power breakdown. Sufficient fuel was available in country and it was used to restore power system, he added.

He said, “We are considerate of electricity bills people have to pay and try not to unnecessarily use power plants that require lot of energy.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 25 2023

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