Power partially restored to parts of Balochistan

Balochistan now getting 350MW of power after repairs on 220 kVA line completed

QUETTA: Electricity was partially restored in 23 districts of Balochistan late on Tuesday night as repair work on the power pylons of 220 kilo Volt Ampere (kVA) transmission line was concluded.

The pylons had been damaged in an attack late on Saturday night, which caused a cascading effect on the national grid and plunged nearly 80% of the country into darkness.

DPO Nasirabad Saleem Lehri told the The Express Tribune that repairs by the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) officials had been completed.

He added that restoration work had started once the police had given the NTDC officials security clearance owing to presence of militants in the Nasirabad District.

Once repairs were completed, the shortfall of electricity to Balochistan was met by increasing the supply from 160 mega watts (MW) to 350MW.

However, Balochistan still has an electricity shortfall of 1,300 MW.