Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
He was addressing the media alongside Sindh Governor
Announcing decisions made during a "high-level meeting" of government officials and the power utility earlier today, Umar said.
"The petroleum division has increased the supply of furnace oil for KE and it will be increased further. Currently, 190 million cubic feet of gas is being supplied to KE. This has been increased to 290m cubic feet."
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"[As a result of these decisions] there will be no unannounced load shedding in
Talking about steps the PTI government has taken in this regard,
"Then there will be another 800MW increase before the summer of 2022 and another 800MW before the summer of 2023. Collectively, 2,150MW of additional energy will be given to
"This will be an almost 70 per cent increase in power generation compared to now," he said. "KE is a private organisation and previous governments have privatised it and the power generation process. But
"But if you cannot solve them despite help, then we will not look the other way and will use the entire power of law to ensure that people of
The minister said that NEPRA would release a report within three or four days and place responsibility on who was behind load shedding in the city. Responding to a question about compensation for those who died due to electrocution during last year's monsoon rains, he said Nepra would take a decision on that.
"The Centre is fully ready to help [the authority] implement its decision if needed."
The Federal Minister said that the gas supply to
Meanwhile Governor
The governor was addressing a session on
'The city is being provided 2,950MW of electricity, and the shortfall is 250MW,' said KE CEO.
To which, the governor responded that then the load shedding should not be of more than an hour, but power is switched off for six to seven hours in parts of the city.
The governor expressed his dissatisfaction with the power company, saying it failed to fulfill its obligations despite help from the Centre.
He said that the Centre has surplus electricity, although the power company cannot add more than 720MW from the national grid to its system.
Ismail said that KE is 'more concerned over its profits' over people's benefit, adding that the Bin Qasim power plant can be made operational on furnace oil if gas supply is an issue.
The power supply company said that with the help of the national grid, it can add 500MW to the system until next summers. Until
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