Despite excess generation of power within the country for the last few months, Nepalis are likely to face load-shedding after suspected Maoist rebels damaged a tower of the 132 KV Lamosanghu-Bhaktapur transmission line at Sukutte on 26 November. The state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has appealed to consumers to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, 5PM-8PM, "to help NEA avoid load-shedding as its likelihood has increased after the blast." Megh Raj Upadhyay, general manager of NEA, said load-shedding could be avoided if everyone turned off one in four lights in their homes during peak hours. NEA officials are still assessing the damage and are unsure if the other towers were safe from Maoist attacks. Meanwhile, newly appointed Minister for Water Resources Dipak Gyawali urged the rebels not to engage in destructive activities on national television saying, "neither Marx, Lenin nor Mao have called for such activities in the name of revolution."