LAHORE: The hydel generation on Wednesday rose to 6,884MW during the peak hours beating the previous record of 6,813MW set on Sept 14, 2013.

According to a Wapda press release, better hydrological conditions and increased indent for release of water made the record possible.

The historic hydel generation on Tuesday registered an increase of about 2,000MW as compared to 4,892MW during the corresponding day last year.As per details, the Tarbela hydel power station generated 3,598MW against its installed capacity of 3,478MW, Ghazi Barotha hydel power station generated 1,450MW and Mangla hydel power station generated 1,115MW against its installed capacity of 1,000MW.

Rest of the electricity was contributed by other hydel power stations including Warsak, Chashma and Jinnah.

The hydelpower generation capacity stands at 6,902MW -about onethird of the totalinstalled capacity in the country.