Several South African political parties, unions and NGOs have appealed to the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to hold an urgent hearing on relief measures taken by the country's authorities, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, amid ongoing power outages, the country's media reported on Tuesday

Khurram Dastgir says despite the extensive breakdown, there were some areas in the federal capital and Peshawar where the electricity remained available all the time.

In a written reply, the Power Division said government attaches the highest priority to avoid load shedding. It said the government prioritized utilization of local fuel based plants to reduce power shortfall.

The authorities concerned claim that the cities and villages are now facing normal load-shedding.

The latest reports suggest that over 400 mills were shut down owing to unavailability of gas while thousands of daily wage workers were left without jobs

The electricity shortfall in the country reached upto 6,099 MW with total power generation hovers around 19,901 MW, and total demand stands at 26,000 MW — necessitating prolonged power outages across the country.

Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan says the load shedding issue will be resolved soon

The poor workers cannot sleep well in the night and work hard in the day time amid scorching heat.

The sources say under 1st phase, the share of hydel energy would be enhanced from 9406MW to 12,366MW by 2025 and in next phase it would be jacked up to 20,591MW till 2028-29.