Industrialists call for shutter-down strike in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Fourteen Industrial Organizations in Faisalabad declared a shutter-down strike on Monday in the city and called for demonstrations outside Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) office on May 1 against prolonged power cuts.
Industrialists also threatened that they will stop paying electricity bills if load-shedding continued.
They urged that the textile industry, which is already devastated by gas crisis, cannot bear 14 hours of load shedding daily.
They further demanded that furnace oil should be provided to Gatti and Nishat Abad power stations adding that the electricity produced there should be provided to the industry in Faisalabd and not to the National Grid.
They have appealed to the Prime minister and president to take notice of the situation.
i am wondering on these industialists… if they want to carry out business in pakistan why dont they simply install their OWN Common PowerHouse with mutual investments dedicated to supply un-interpted energy to industrial sector.. it happens with them every summer but apparently they focus more on “someone should do something for US” rather “Lets Do it ourselves”.
QUIT Protesting to Walls.. They are too busy in playing with their OWn Interests !
excellent decision by ind org in faisalabad i hope the rest of the country can appreciate and join in. I hope the strike in idefinate till the prob is resolved or else it wont make a diff to the government
@firoz shaikh: No investments were made in the energy sector during the last dictatorship. How can the supply of energy suddenly appear overnight. A planned energy program for the next decade will take time to implement.
not a good news