Citizens Express Anger As Power Outages Return.

LAHORE -- After a short spell of relief, the power outages in the City have resumed again badly affecting the routine life and the businesses activities which are already at their all time low owing to economic meltdown.

LESCO is currently facing a short fall of 300MW as against the demand of 4830 MW and has issued a loadshedding schedule of three to four hours. But in actual fact, many areas of the city are facing power outages for five to six hours daily. Consumers are also facing problems due to burning of transformers which are not being replaced. Speaking to The Nation, Amjad, a local from Jail Road said that it was unfair that the government had increased the electricity prices but it was not taking steps to stop the loadshedding.

Another resident from Shadman said: 'A poor man works all day long, but when he returns home at night to take a sigh of relief, there is no electricity at that time. We live in a country where the government's priorities are not to give relief to the people. Due to loadshedding, children cannot sleep all night and do not get up early for school'. Anas Shahid from Johar Town said that his online business had been greatly affected due to loadshedding. He said that all his work is done online and he works by the hour but he finds it difficult to complete his task. 'Consequently, a huge...

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