07-01-2009, 12:19 AM
<b>Zero supply from Mangla worsens power crisis</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD : The power crisis was aggravated on Monday <b>with a shortfall of 3,650 megawatts in the national grid, leaving the people helpless.</b>
As the people staged demonstrations across the country against the power shortage, authorities claimed that they would be able to control the situation within a couple of days, though <b>the Mangla Dam had developed serious faults, bringing power generation to nil.
Manglaâs zero contribution resulted in a 22.427 per cent power shortage, with an immediate impact of five and a half hours daily loadshedding, if calculated in average, irrespective of the discrimination being meted out to rural areas.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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