Govt approves plan to bring down load-shedding to 2 hours

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The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the government has approved a comprehensive plan to gradually bring down electricity load-shedding to just two hours by the end of this month.

Briefing the media conference, the Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the decision has been taken by the Federal Cabinet, which met in Islamabad on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair. Minister for Communications Asad Mahmood and Prime Minister’s Advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira were also present on the occasion.

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Under the plan, the Information Minister said the Cabinet decided to divide load-shedding duration into three parts. She said from 6th to 15th of this month, there will be 3.5-hour duration of load-shedding, from 16th to 24th three hours and 25th to 29th 2.5 hours. She said after 30th of this month, total duration of electricity load-shedding in the country will be curtailed to just two hours a day.

Marriyum Aurangzeb further stated that the Federal Cabinet also restored five working days from Monday to Friday with two weekly holidays on Saturday and Sunday to meet the current challenging situation. She said the Cabinet also constituted a committee to assess the impacts of declaring Work from Home on Friday as well.

“The step will help save 77 billion rupees annually,” she said, adding that the instructions have been issued to provinces to switch-on street lights on alternate days, whereas a proposal regarding early closure of markets will be discussed with all the relevant stakeholders.

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