Peshawar
Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has expressed resentment over excessive electricity load shedding in Small Industrial Estate Kohat Road Peshawar, carried out by Peshawar Electric Supply Company.
The issue was discussed during meeting with a delegation of Small Industrial Estate Kohat Road Peshawar who met with the SCCI president, Engr Maqsood Anwar Pervaiz here at the chamber house on Tuesday.
The delegation of small industrialists apprised the meeting about unnecessary power outages in the industrial estate and asked the SCCI to take the issue with Pesco and authorities concerned to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to their small industrial units.
Maqsood Pervaiz slammed the hours-long suspension of electricity load shedding on pretext of necessary maintenance work was unjustifiable and unwise step of the Pesco, what he described as a major cause of industrial growth stagnation which could trigger massive unemployment in the province.
He informed that the Small Industrial Development Board (SIDB) had already deposited payment in December last year for installation of an independent electricity feeder in Small Industrial Estate Kohat Road Peshawar.—APP
