Urgent construction of new dams across rivers is needed so that the crisis of power generation can be resolved
KARACHI: Through the space of your newspaper, I wish to bring to the government’s notice, the many problems that the people of Pakistan are facing on account of a shortage of gas and electricity. Firstly, students are greatly disturbed by load-shedding during their study hours, particularly during exam time. Educational standards are already low in our country and load-shedding is further exacerbating the situation.
Secondly, factories cannot work for long hours because of the constant phases of load-shedding. The production of goods is badly affected as a result. This all ultimately results in unemployment and shortage of goods in markets as well as rising prices. What is needed is the urgent construction of new dams across rivers so that the crisis of power generation can be resolved. We also need more thermal power stations where electricity may be produced with coal energy.
Aymen Fatima
Published in The Express Tribune, April 14th, 2015.
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