Power Outages Be Overcome, Directs Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday directed the ministry of Water and Power that all the available resources should be tapped in to overcome the power crisis currently in grip of the whole country.
Presiding over a high-level meeting in connection with the power crisis here, he directed the concerned authorities to ensure all the steps to minimize the duration of the load shedding.
Zardari directed that the uninterrupted supply of gas to power plants should be ensured so that load shedding problems could be managed, adding he directed the special committee instituted for power tariffs cuts to expedite the recommendations and that these should be summarily implemented.
The President said there was no alternative to reducing the pass-through cost of electricity and asked the Ministry to consider whether it can be done through commodity trading enabling the government to book oil in the international market on long term basis.
He also appreciated the decision regarding the 60 percent payment of the power bills.
Earlier during the meeting, the president was told in the briefing that the power crisis aggravated owing to the low inflow of water from water reservoirs and decreased gas supply; however, after the water inflow from water resources improves, hydel power generation would also improve and this will result into decreasing duration of power outages.
Earlier the Water and Power Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf gave a detailed presentation on the availability of power, the specter of load shedding and the prevalent tariff.
The Water and Power Minister said the Special Committee constituted to review the increased power tariff had already decided to provide interim relief to the consumers and a sub committee had been set up to review the tariff structure.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said there was a power deficit of over 4700 mega watt in the country which had necessitated long hours of load shedding.
The Minister also outlined the steps already undertaken to end load shedding by the end of next year.
According to this plan rental power plants at Faisalabad, Guddu, Sialkot, Multan and Quetta will generate 1000 megawatt power.
It also includes setting up of another four power plants run on LPG with a total capacity of 900 megawatt and these projects will be set up on fast track basis. Over 1200 megawatt of power will be generated by IPPs and another 72 megawatt from hydro sources, the Minister said. (Last updated at 2015)
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Presiding over a high-level meeting in connection with the power crisis here, he directed the concerned authorities to ensure all the steps to minimize the duration of the load shedding.
Zardari directed that the uninterrupted supply of gas to power plants should be ensured so that load shedding problems could be managed, adding he directed the special committee instituted for power tariffs cuts to expedite the recommendations and that these should be summarily implemented.
The President said there was no alternative to reducing the pass-through cost of electricity and asked the Ministry to consider whether it can be done through commodity trading enabling the government to book oil in the international market on long term basis.
He also appreciated the decision regarding the 60 percent payment of the power bills.
Earlier during the meeting, the president was told in the briefing that the power crisis aggravated owing to the low inflow of water from water reservoirs and decreased gas supply; however, after the water inflow from water resources improves, hydel power generation would also improve and this will result into decreasing duration of power outages.
Earlier the Water and Power Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf gave a detailed presentation on the availability of power, the specter of load shedding and the prevalent tariff.
The Water and Power Minister said the Special Committee constituted to review the increased power tariff had already decided to provide interim relief to the consumers and a sub committee had been set up to review the tariff structure.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said there was a power deficit of over 4700 mega watt in the country which had necessitated long hours of load shedding.
The Minister also outlined the steps already undertaken to end load shedding by the end of next year.
According to this plan rental power plants at Faisalabad, Guddu, Sialkot, Multan and Quetta will generate 1000 megawatt power.
It also includes setting up of another four power plants run on LPG with a total capacity of 900 megawatt and these projects will be set up on fast track basis. Over 1200 megawatt of power will be generated by IPPs and another 72 megawatt from hydro sources, the Minister said. (Last updated at 2015)
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