Textile mills to file case in Supreme Court
Industry has not got gas for continuous 25 days.
LAHORE:
After continuous gas curtailment for 25 days, the textile millers have decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court today (Friday) and operate all manufacturing units under the protection of their association in Punjab from Monday.
Talking to the media here on Thursday, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) leader Gohar Ijaz said the textile industry of Punjab was not in a position to bear further gas curtailment as it had already suffered massively.
He said the textile mills needed 300 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas to run for 24 hours a day, but keeping in view the energy crisis they were only demanding 150 mmcfd, which would enable them to operate for three and a half days in a week.
Ijaz pointed out that the industry had lost its export target as production decreased 40 per cent. On the other side, he said, the government was giving preference to compressed natural gas (CNG) stations, “which have no economic value.”
“Now we have decided to start normal operations from Monday as the government seemed not to be sincere with us.”
However, he asked the petroleum and natural resources minister to take action before Monday as the industry wanted to be part of the solution.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 20th, 2012.
After continuous gas curtailment for 25 days, the textile millers have decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court today (Friday) and operate all manufacturing units under the protection of their association in Punjab from Monday.
Talking to the media here on Thursday, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) leader Gohar Ijaz said the textile industry of Punjab was not in a position to bear further gas curtailment as it had already suffered massively.
He said the textile mills needed 300 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas to run for 24 hours a day, but keeping in view the energy crisis they were only demanding 150 mmcfd, which would enable them to operate for three and a half days in a week.
Ijaz pointed out that the industry had lost its export target as production decreased 40 per cent. On the other side, he said, the government was giving preference to compressed natural gas (CNG) stations, “which have no economic value.”
“Now we have decided to start normal operations from Monday as the government seemed not to be sincere with us.”
However, he asked the petroleum and natural resources minister to take action before Monday as the industry wanted to be part of the solution.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 20th, 2012.