Power breakdown to save import bill cost the economy 80 billion rupees

The government’s stubborn policy of throttling imports led to power outages, power generation was reduced to less than 7,000 megawatts, and there was a major power breakdown, the economy and people lost another 80 billion rupees.

The stubbornness of the federal government and the attitude of the federal ministers to think of themselves as intellectuals and to become the Aristotle of every sector has caused another major breakdown of electricity in the country. The army of federal ministers was helpless for the first several hours due to the Zafarmoj power breakdown.

According to News360’s investigative reporting and surveys conducted across the country, the government’s poor policies led to massive power breakdowns, with the government gobbling up LCs to the extent that essential furnace oil, diesel, LNG and energy It became impossible to get parts for other departments.

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Due to the stoppage of the import of spare parts and necessary machinery, the power plants could not be repaired and were closed down.

The main reason for the second major breakdown under this government on January 23 was that the power generation fell drastically.

On the morning of January 23, the electricity production was less than 7000 MW, the shortfall of electricity was up to 6000 MW, the production of hydroelectricity decreased by 90%, the production of thermal electricity was less than 70%, 12 across the country. More than 100 power plants are closed due to technical problems. The power plants of Gaddu, Jamshoro, Muzaffargarh have been shut down due to technical faults.

According to the sources, the fact that Shahra Afaq Neelam Jhelum Power Project has been shut down for the last eight months due to technical problems means that 969 MW of eco-friendly electricity has been shut down.

Nandipur, Haveli Bahadur Shah, Bhikhi power plants are generating 30% power due to fuel shortage, due to light rain on Sunday, power generation from Quaid-e-Azam Solar was non-existent till Monday morning.

The output of the wind power plant was also extremely low. When the load was so low, on the morning of January 23, due to the reduction in the frequency of Gudu Power, the electricity load on the north side became unbalanced.

When 12 major power plants of the country were shut down, if efforts were made to increase the production on an emergency basis, there was another breakdown upon the breakdown of power and due to low production, the load became unbalanced and the system started tripping repeatedly.

NTDC’s efforts to restore the system continued but there was no repair, no fuel, no electricity from solar and projects like Neelum Jhelum, so after a few minutes of restoration, the genius and foresight of the Aristotle Cabinet was not burdened. Could pick up and the power system tripped again.

In the past, during the government of Imran Khan, the government, which was talking about the big breakdown of electricity, realized the seriousness of the situation after several hours and gradually increased the production of electricity, then it was revealed that the production of electricity was 8 thousand mega. If there is wattage, the load will be balanced. To balance this load, the expert ministerial team took 8 hours to make decisions.

According to the investigation and survey of News 360, the country’s economy suffered a loss of 80 billion rupees in 8 hours of the major power breakdown, the government affairs of the state remained closed for 8 hours, treatment in hospitals was mandatory, NADRA, passport and various duties. And government excise agencies including tax depositing agencies sat on their hands to collect fees.

Work in the federal and provincial secretariats remained closed and employees sat in the sun, debating the performance of the army of expert ministers. The situation reached such a level that the work in the Supreme Court was also affected.

Orders worth more than 20 billion rupees were affected in the textile sector, which is the backbone of the country’s economy.

6,000 MW of electricity was missing from the system for 8 hours continuously and 80% of the general industry remained closed across the country. Commercial and agricultural activities stopped, fuel consumption increased. The communication system including the telecom sector was also badly affected. Internet service was affected and mobile tower stopped working, students preparing for exams in universities across the country were disturbed throughout the day.

In the past, the public questioned the performance of the expert ministers who were accused of incompetence due to major breakdowns in Imran Khan’s government. Especially the old speech of Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal kept trending on social media.