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India: Power cuts are back with vengeance in Haryana

With the voting for general elections over power cuts are back with vengeance in Haryana. The Government which was purchasing power from different sources to keep the voters in good mood during election time is now enforcing much longer power cuts in villages and cities.

The daily power demand in the state is more than 900 lakh units against availability of 850 lakh units. As per Central Electricity Authority report the maximum power shortage in the state would be in the month of July. The maximum power shortage in the state would be 16.17 percent in July this year with peak load shortage of 37.35 percent.

Pakistan: Lesco announces 7-9 hours outages

The Lahore Electric Supply Company has announced the new schedule for laodshedding according to which 7-hour power outages in urban areas while 9-hour electricity shutdowns will be executed in the rural areas.

Lesco officials said with the increase in mercury level the power shortfall in the National Power Controlling System has increased to more than 2,500 MW and to cover this scarcity the distribution companies had no other option but to rely on maximum loadshedding.

However, power consumers in various parts of the City reported that loadshedding had increased up to 8 hours in urban areas and more than 10 hours in rural areas causing unrest among the public.

Poland: PGNiG warns of gas shortage this year

Despite the fact that Gazprom will sell Poland an additional 1.1 billion cubic meters of gas in 2009, the deputy president of Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG) Rados?aw Dudzi?ski admitted that it will be too little to fully satisfy national demand. "Until the end of 2009 we are still short of 400-500 million cubic meters," said the deputy president.

Each year Poland consumes 13.5-14 billion cubic meters of gas. Also on Tuesday, PGNiG announced a Q1 loss of z?.399 million and despite that revenues increased in comparison with the same period of 2008 the firm was losing most on imports of gas.

Zimbabwe: ZFU not happy with load-shedding

FARMERS’ organisations have expressed concern over the winter wheat load-shedding schedule released by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority.
The Zimbabwe Farmers Union acting director, Mr Shadreck Hungwe, urged the power company to delay implementation of the schedule as this would seriously affect crop growth.
“There is a need for Zesa to seriously consider delaying the winter wheat load-shedding schedule until the crops are established,” said Mr Hungwe.
He said 50 percent of wheat farmers had started planting and the process would stretch up to 31 May.

Ghana: Fuel shortage intensifies in Tamale

Private and commercial drivers in the Tamale Metropolis have for the past one-week been going through stress in fuelling their vehicles, as fuel shortages intensify in the Metropolis.

Petrol has been in short supply in the Metropolis ever since government reduced the fuel prices. This situation is gradually bringing untold hardships to the people as most commercial and private drivers have since packed their vehicles waiting for the problem to be addressed.

Nepal: Fuel shortage hits Nepal's capital

Fuel shortage has hit Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, after Nepal Petroleum Transporters' Federation (NPTA) and Nepal Petroleum Dealers' Association (NPDA) jointly launched protest to press their demands.

The NPTA stopped transporting petroleum products that Nepal imports from neighboring India through tankers, protesting the decision of state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to replace 20-year old fuel tankers with new ones. They have demanded the government to revoke the as it would put them into injustice.

Nepal: Report: Nepal's power load shedding to haunt till 2019

Nepali people will not be free from the problem of power load shedding until 2019, local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported on Monday.

Load shedding will remain until 2015 for low economic growth, until 2016 for medium economic growth and until 2019 for high economic growth, the Ten-Year Hydropower Development Plan Task Force said on Sunday.

Nigeria: Gas shortage : IPPs to get paid for un-generated power

Insufficiency of gas for power had been the bane of the electricity sector in Nigeria, with the Power Holding Company of Nigeria claiming that an extra 2,010MW could be generated currently if an additional 580 million metric standard cubic feet of gas was provided to it and the existing IPPs, which are also unable to generate 70MW because of gas unavailability.

The erstwhile Executive Vice- Chairman of PHCN, Mr. Bello Suleiman told our correspondent that a similar PPA entered by the company some years ago with AES was crippling the utility company.

Pakistan: Students complain of load shedding

The ongoing power shortage has adversely affected students, who have repeatedly complained of load shedding hindering their academics, Daily Times has learnt. With the final examination of matriculation and most schools just around the corner, the ongoing spell of load shedding is expected to have visible marks on this year’s results. “My studies have been affected because of load shedding. I am a matriculation student and studying for hours without electricity becomes tiring and difficult,” said Zainul Abbas, a student.

Pakistan: Tailors unable to prepare orders on time

Amidst a busy wedding season and with summer about to start, the city’s tailors have complained the load shedding has affected their business activity. Hanif Muhammad, owner of a garment shop, said his workers had failed to prepare the orders on time due to the non-availability of electricity. “My workers have to sit idle for most of the day due to the load shedding,” he complained.