Consumers to face up to 16 hrs of loadshedding

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is all set to increase the existing four hours of power cuts to 16 hours a week, even though it usually reports increased electricity generations during monsoons.

Now the consumers in Kathmandu valley and much of country would have to face load-shedding all seven days of the week. Earlier, consumers used to face two hours of load shedding twice a week.

NEA is effecting the change from Wednesday.

Officials said NEA was compelled to add load shedding hours as the floods in the Saptakoshi river has destroyed the Katahaiya-Duhabi transmission line that brings 50 MW electricity to Nepal from India.

Issuing a statement, NEA said that the water level in reservoirs were also far below expectation, causing low production of electricity. However, it said that load shedding hours would be shortened once the line is up and running again. nepalnews.com ag Aug 27 08