‘Power disconnection destroys varsity’s research work’
Themanagement of Sindh Agriculture University has claimed that power disconnection from Hyderabad Electric Supply Company at the university campus and the residential colony has caused significant damage to on-going research experiments and the potential loss of vital DNA and RNA samples.
These DNA and RNA samples represent significant national scientific assets were painstakingly collected and preserved over a period of 10 years, the varsity management said and added that power disconnection from HESCO caused damage to other on-going experiments on the campus.
In a statement, the university spokesman said that despite settling objections of excessive and wrong billing over power consumption between residents of the colony, the HESCO staff showed great wisdom and disconnected power connections of scientific and educational institution of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 29th, 2023.