Govt 'disconnects electricity supply' to medium, large-scale industries

ISLAMABAD: Former Energy Minister and PTI leader Hammad Azhar on Friday said that the government has cut the electricity of industrial units as the country faced hours-long loadshedding after the power shortfall peaked at 7,000 MW, ARY NEWS reported.

Azhar said that the government has disconnected power supply to medium and large scale industries. “This will bring a wave of unemployment in the country and will cause a shortage of commodities and ultimately ruin the economy,” he said.

Another PTI leader Shahbaz Gill seconded Hammad Azhar and said that industrial power connections given to industry under B3 and B4 categories have been disconnected for an indefinite period.

صنعتی بجلی کنکشن B3 اور B4 کی حامل درمیانے اور بڑے درجے کی صنعتوں کو بجلی کی سپلائی غیر معینہ مدت کے لئے منقطع
اس عمل سے بیروزگاری کا سیلاب آئے گا
چیزوں کی قلت ہو اور معاشی ترقی مزید تباہ ہو جائے گی
ہوش کے ناخن لیں
یہ جان بوجھ کر ملک کو خانہ جنگی کی طرف دھکیل رہے ہیں

— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) June 3, 2022

It is pertinent to mention here that amid sweltering hot days, the country is being hit badly by unannounced loadshedding of upto 14 hours after the electricity shortfall peaked at 7,000MW.

According to sources privy to the matter, the duration of unannounced loadshedding nationwide remained between six hours to 14 hours after the demand for electricity in the country peaked at 28,000 MW.

“There is a nationwide power production of 21,000MW, resulting in a shortfall of 7,000 MW,” they said adding that in major cities, there are power outages of an hour after every two hours.