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Summary After the explosion that destroyed the electricity towers near Abgam electricity has not yet been restored in Quetta and 14 other districts. The repair work on the electricity towers has started.
According to KESCO, National Transmission & Dispatch Company team have started work on resorting the damaged towers. Electricity supply was cut in Quetta, Mustang, Qalat, Khuzdar, Kharan, Nushki, Pishin, Qila Saifullah, Qila Abdullah, Bolan, Ziarat, Barani and SheraniNow the province is facing up to 1 megawatt of electricity shortfall due to which there is a 12 hour electricity load shedding in Quetta. Some areas have up to 20 to 22 hours of load shedding. According to reports restoration of electricity is going to take approximately 5 days. On the other hand, due to the gas pipeline explosion near Dera Murad Jamali, gas supply in the province is also disturbed. The residents are facing difficultly as electricity and gas supply has been disrupted. Sources say that the restoration of gas supply will take one more day.
