Dhaka, June 29 -- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood has informed parliament of an improvement in the load shedding situation following the previous shutdown of two power plants due to a technical glitch and an inability to unload coal.

Speaking at a session chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad in parliament on Monday, Iqbal said that the gap between electricity generation and demand has narrowed to 339MW.

However, the minister did not clarify whether the two power plants had been restarted.

He said, "Yesterday, I gave a speech in parliament about a crisis in the country. Two of our power generation plants were shut down, due to which we had to impose load shedding yesterday."

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