11 hrs of load shedding from Thursday

KATHMANDU, JAN 27 - With the onset of dry season, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has once again increased the load-shedding hours effective from Thursday.


The state-owned power supplier has increased the power outage to 11 hours per day from the previous nine hours a day.

With this there will be power outage for 77 hours a week.

The NEA said the drop-off in electricity generation owing to the decreasing water level have led to the increased power-cut.

Last year, Nepali people had to face power outage of up to 18 hours per day.

In an effort to reduce the load-shedding hours, the government has been mulling over generating the electricity through thermal plant and importing additional electricity from India to meet the rising demands.

source: ekantipur.com