ISLAMABAD: Federal Energy Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan said that the electricity transmission system will be completely restored by 8pm today.
“We will restore the system between Maghrib and Isha,” Dastgir said in a press conference in Islamabad few hours after the power breakdown was reported in Sindh, Balochistan and some parts of southern Punjab. Minister said that an inquiry team formed to investigate the matter will submit its report within five days.
The breakdown of system led to a shortfall of 8,000 megwatts emerged and till this time, 4,700 megawatts of electricity had been restored.
He said, “Faisalabad and Multan regions have been restored completely while Sukkur Electric Supply Company (SEPCO) has been partially restored.”
Dastgir also said that it will take a few hours to restore the plants that have tripped and he was hopeful that power plants will also be restored.
“Electricity needs to be restored in Quetta and Karachi,” said Khan adding that the tripping that triggered the breakdown started from the port city and spread to the other parts of the country.
Earlier, the Energy Ministry said that southern parts of the country, mainly Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, lost power supply after a fault was detected in the national grid’s southern transmission system.
“Due to an accidental fault in the country’s southern transmission system, multiple southern power plants are tripping which is affecting the transmission of electricity in the southern part of the country,” tweeted the ministry.
