The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is preparing to increase the number of hours of load shedding from the existing two and a half hours a week to eight hours from Sunday.

Beginning Sunday, every household will face three days of load shedding every week. Twice, the load shedding will be imposed in the evening hours from 5 pm till 7:30 pm. Once a week, the load shedding will be imposed in the morning hours from 5 am till 8 am. This was informed by Sher Singh Bhat, director of load distribution center of the NEA.

Outside the valley, the evening load shedding hours has been fixed as between 6 pm till 8:30 pm and morning hours has been fixed as between 6 am till 9 am.