Electricity, Gas and Water Supply (EGWS) accelerates

EGWS accelerated to 7.5 percent in the second quarter of 2019. It grew by 4.1 percent in same quarter of the previous year. Electricity, which shared about 88.0 percent of the total EGWS, grew by 8.3 percent as compared with the 4.0 percent growth recorded in the same period of 2018. Water, on the other hand, slowed down to 2.9 percent from 6.3 percent. Similarly, Steam decelerated to 0.5 percent from 1.7 percent in the previous year.