Shillong, July 17: As the water level of Umiam reservoir has improved, the load shedding in Shillong, Tura and Jowai towns has been further reduced to 2 hours and for the rest of the areas 5 hours from July 18.
The MeECL said in a statement on Monday that in the past few weeks, the corporation has been trying to reduce the load shedding and it was brought down to 5 hours from July 12 and 4 hours from July 15 for the urban areas.
“Load shedding is being slowly lifted, keeping in mind the improvement of water level at Umiam reservoir as well as to sustain the desired water level during the coming winters and until the advent of the next monsoon”, the corporation added.
The chairman and managing director of MeECL, Sanjay Goyal said the state is also returning to various agencies the advanced banked power to the tune of about 450 million units utilised by the state last winter and the lean season.
“MeECL is endeavouring that the present schedule of load shedding is such that it causes minimal inconvenience to the public”, he said.
Photo caption: Street light is on during the day at Lower Lachaumiere, on Monday (MM)
