The country keeps reeling from the acute power crisis and despite tall announcements and claims by the government, the power shortfall crossed 6,000MWs on Sunday. Power demand in the country is 14,000MWs but supply is just 9,000MWs. All big cities are witnessing 12 hours of outages while villages are facing 14-18 hours of power cuts. Furnace oil in required quantity is not being supplied by the government to power producers and there has been no increase in power generation. Hydel power generation is also quite low due to negligible trickle of water at dams. Separately, Swat is facing 20 hours of outages, which has nearly closed all businesses, ruining the already struggling economy of the city. Thousands of factory workers are unemployed making it impossible for them to meet both ends. To make things worse, electricity bills were very expensive.
