Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has taken notice of the countrywide power breakdown. The power regulator has directed the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) to submit a detailed report. Most cities across the country were left with no electricity due to fault in high-tension transmission lines on Monday morning.
According to the source, the electricity outage hit cities in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and the federal capital after transmission lines from Guddu power station developed technical fault. The Ministry of Energy, in a statement, said the decrease in system frequency of the national grid was reported at 7:34am, adding that efforts were under way to restore the power supply.
