A meeting under the
chairmanship of Federal Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan
Leghari was held here in Islamabad to finalize the reports of constraints
presented by DISCOs and NTDC. Secretary Power division, Joint Secretary DISCOs,
JS NTDC, JS PF, General manger PEPCO and all chief executives of DISCOs were
also present on this occasion.
A detailed briefing was
given to the Minister regarding power generation and its consumption in all
over the country. Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari, Minister of Power Division asked
all the Chief Executives to share the capacity and cumulative power generation
of all feeders; produced in 2017. Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari, instructed all
chief executives to insure the required power generation of their respective
feeders and to be vigilant about unannounced load shedding. He said that
unplanned load shedding would not be tolerated in any part of the country.
Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari,
Minister of Power Division inquired all the chief executives about the status
of power generation in January 2018 till December 2018. He also asserted to
bridge the gap between demand and supply and asked all the chief executive to
present a project demand without any delay by sharing that how much power in
feeders and resources are required in this regard. He said that currently the
power generation system is smoothly working, but the dire need of upcoming time
is to examine that this system would be able to produce sufficient power to
fulfill all commercial, domestic and industry needs. He directed the relevant
officials to call the meeting on Monday and submit the report in this regard.
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