Impact of Load Shedding on Socio - Economic Life of the People

Abstract

This study is focused on “Impact of Load Shedding on Socio - Economic Life of the People :A Study of City Sargodha” The objective of study was, to estimate the impact of load shedding among common people, to analyse the attitude of the people towards the load shedding and to find out the impacts of load shedding on socio – economic life of the people. Interview schedule was used as a tool for data collected from 150 respondents it was concluded that average age of the respondents was 40 years. Male respondents were 80% and Female respondents were 20%. Among the target population, 70.3% respondents were married, 20.7% were unmarried and 4% were Widow/ Widower. Majority of respondents were married. Majority of respondents 96% replied experiencing load shedding in routine life; we found that more than 97% of respondents had negative views about load shedding effecting on their life position.