Lights off: Punjab government announces 2-day weekly off to combat load shedding

0
173

The Punjab government on Tuesday announced a two-day weekly off in all public institutions across the province to combat the ongoing energy crisis.

According to details, the Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (FESCO) amended the load shedding schedule for the city, following a heated debate with several traders and industrialists.

The Anjuman-i-Tajran also gave the FESCO 24 hours to end unscheduled load shedding in commercial areas, after which they protested in front of the FESCO headquarters.

In Rahim Yar Khan, at least 300 protesters broke into the Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) Complex and damaged office property. They were protesting against long hours of outages in the city. Some areas of the city have been facing 18-hour outages a day.