Power Minister's contradictory statements It will take 3 days to restart power plants, power has been restored across the country:

 

It will take 3 days to restart power plants, power has been restored across the country: Power Minister's contradictory statements

Power Minister's contradictory statements

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir, while speaking contradictory words on the issue of power shutdown, has said that it will take 48 to 72 hours to produce electricity from nuclear and coal power plants, but he has also claimed that across the country The power system has been fully restored.

 

According to the details, Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir has said in a news conference that after the power outage, all grid stations have been restored, all 60 grid stations of GAPCO and all 71 grid stations of HESCO have been restored.

 

Khurram Dastgir says that all grid stations of National Grid have been restored, power was restored to flood affected areas only yesterday, there was some technical issue between Tarbela and Mangala. The power system was fully restored at 5 o'clock this morning.

 

He said that power plants also need electricity to restart, coal plants also need 48 hours. It will take 48 to 72 hours to produce electricity from nuclear and coal power plants, due to shutdown of nuclear and coal power plants there will be shortage of electricity in the country, due to shortage there will be limited load shedding.

 

Khurram Dastgir said that the system was safe in yesterday's transmission problem, no damage was reported, there is plenty of fuel to run the power plant. Costly plants run less to accommodate fuel price adjustments.

 

He said that the Prime Minister has formed a 3-member committee to investigate the breakdown, 2 senior people headed by Mossadegh Malik will investigate the breakdown, the investigation committee will provide us direct support.

 

The federal minister said that at the time of the breakdown, rumors were spread that the country ran out of petrol and diesel, there were also rumors of power plants shutting down at night. The country's transmission system is fully secured, with plenty of fuel to generate electricity. Last day, there was a demand of 8,500 megawatts of electricity.

 

He further said that there is one thing that needs to be seen that there is no external interference in the system, it is also necessary to see that there is no external interference in the system through internet hacking, CPEC enemy government has controlled the power generation and No work done in the delivery system. On investigation in Karachi Power Plant, it was found that old conductors were installed.