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LAHORE: The country’s hydel generation peaked above 8,000 megawatts after the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hyd­ropower Project resumed operations a couple of days ago. The power stations owned and operated by the Water and Power Deve­lop­ment Authority (Wapda) contributed 8,158MW to the national grid during peak hours last night. “Effective operation and maintenance of Wapda hydel power stations and better hydrological conditions …

•Officials say system ‘ill-equipped’ to bear ‘huge load’ as demand reaches 30,000MW LAHORE: People across Pakistan have been hit by a double whammy of extremely hot weather and prolonged power outages, with many distribution companies (Discos) resorting to observe loadshedding after the power shortfall crossed 6,000 megawatts on Saturday. In urban areas, three to six hours of loadshedding was reported …