Minister for power directs to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers
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Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari says areas in MEPCO, LESCO and HESCO region are facing unique smog for first time.
A team of experts of National Transmission and Distribution Company (NTDC) has left for China to study the Beijing model of electricity being developed for smog to implement the same in the smog hit areas in Pakistan.
The decision to send the team was made at a meeting held in Islamabad on Tuesday chaired by Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari.
The meeting was convened to assess the situation arising due to outages caused by the new weather conditions in some parts of the country.
Officials from all Distribution Companies, NTDC, GNECOs, NPCC and Power Division attended the meeting.
The Federal Minister directed that immediate measures like installation of anti smog and anti fog disc be taken at critical points to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the consumers as there is no shortage of generation in the country.
Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari also directed that all CEOs of the DISCOS and NTDC to sit together and evolve a technically sound solution for the problem in three to four weeks.
The Minister was informed that areas in MEPCO, LESCO and HESCO region are facing unique smog for the first time.
