Load-shedding in Meghalaya from April 24

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SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL), has decided to resort to load shedding all over the State from April 24.

According to the notification, the decision to resort to load shedding was taken in a meeting held on April 22 chaired by the Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma with the power department.

As per the notification, Garo Hills and Ri-Bhoi will go for load shedding from 12 midnight to 3 am, Khasi Hills including Shillong from 3 am to 6 am, Jaintia Public from 6 am to 9 am, Lum Shnong industries from 9 am to 4 pm and Byrnihat industries from 2 pm to midnight.

According to the MeECL, the load shedding will remain in place till further orders from the State government.

It may be mentioned that on Thursday, the Chief Minister had hinted that the State will have to undergo load shedding.

"We realize that if we were to rationalize the power usage, then maybe throughout the year we could do a much more balancing act. Rather than having 8-9 hours of load shedding, it's better than we have standard 1-2 hour," Sangma said.

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