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GUJRANWALA, Oct 15: Industries, traders, private hospitals and residents in Punjab districts are irked over the spate of unannounced loadshedding in the past few days.
Loadshedding, which is unscheduled and spans for 10-16 hours a day, has forced the owners of 40 cutlery units in Wazirabad to close down their units. The closure would hit hard hundreds of workers who are at the brink of joining jobless lot and owners face huge losses for their likely failure to meet export targets. They demanded that the federal government revamp the energy system on a priority basis.
Also, Gujranwala Electric Power Company Chief Executive Officer Rana Muhammad Ashraf Zahid assured the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the company would provide power supply to them regardless of grim situation on the energy front.
GUJRAT: Constant power failures have lowered the production of fan, furniture, pottery and shoe industries in the city. Industries may not be able to fulfill their domestic as well as export commitments.
Office bearers of the Pakistan Electric Fan Manufacturers Association, Pottery Manufacturers Association, Furniture Makers Association, Furniture Manufacturers Association, Markazi Anjuman-i-Tajran and Power Looms Association in their protest meetings expressed grave concern at prolonged power outages. They warned the government if the situation was not changed, they would take to streets to register their protest.
They demanded that the government issue schedule for loadshedding and in industrial areas the timings of loadshedding must be settled after consulting with business bodies. Powerlooms workers and owners in Jallalpur Jattan staged a protest demonstration against power outages.
SIALKOT: There is a 30 per cent decline in exports due to ongoing loadshedding in Sialkot due to which, hundreds of small industrial units, having no alternative system of electricity, are closing their units.
Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Dr Khurram Anwar Khawaja said 16 to 18 hours unscheduled loadshedding badly affected trade and industrial activities in Sialkot He said a majority of industrialists, exporters and traders had announced not to pay their electricity bills in protest against power loadshedding.
BAHAWALPUR: Power shortage has paralysed the public life and business activities as the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has started implementing the decision of stretching load shedding from 10 hours to 12 daily in the city and suburbs.
Mepco began observing continuous four hours’ loadshedding after every hour in the city from Tuesday thus bringing the whole civic life to a standstill. The worst-affected are traders and shopkeepers, who have threatened of protest demonstration if the situation is not improved.
They say that due to continuous hours’ unscheduled power loadshedding, customers avoided shopping due to which they were in loss.
