Pakistan

Final decisions on energy conservation due today

Express April 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD: The energy conservation body finalised implementation of two of the recommendations made by the sub-committees on Wednesday.

A finalised proposal of a five-day working week and closure of markets by 8:00 pm has been forwarded to the Prime Minister who will announce the final decision on Thursday.

On the third and last day of the conference, the sub-committee on energy conservation recommended a ban on electrified billboards. The committees also said that an injection of 3030 megawatts in the national grid will have to be made.

The injection would be made by 2267 megawatts and 1156 megawatts from rental power and 300 megawatts from Gudu Power Plant by May 2010. Distribution companies have also been asked to ensure reduction in line losses immediately.

The finalised recommendations have been forwarded to the Water and Power Ministry which will hand it over to the Prime Minister after review.

COMMENTS (13)

Rizwan | 14 years ago | Reply Seeing the in competency of our public sector employees I would strongly support 2 days weekly off at least in Public sector this will save a considerable amount of exchequer. Not only electricity would be saved but also bills of other amenities e.g. telephone, fax, gas, water, transport etc. could be reduced.

Muhammad Tayyib | 14 years ago | Reply Although late but the measure suggested are realistic and in the right direction. In addition, we should also control the line losses and pilferage and wastes of electircity in our homes and offices and industrial units.

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Rizwan | 14 years ago | Reply I just want to state the following points. 1-Full focus should be given to recover and make 100 % Electricity bill weather its private or government departments across the board. 2-Minister and sectary water and power should be professional having at least 25 Years experience in the said field. 3-Instead of load shearing ,we as a nation should work out a plan for load sharing and management .

Irfan Yousuf | 14 years ago | Reply I think the following actions should be taken: 1) Working hours should be from 9am - 6pm only. to be strictly followed by all with 6 working days. 2) Clocks should be advanced by 1 hour. 3) Alternate street lights should be opened. 4) Market timings should be from 10 - 9pm Acheiving this and continuing with the same at a regular pace would definitely help out instead of going for a 2 day holiday.

Hizqeel | 14 years ago | Reply Very Good decision if it passes. I bet all those people who are against it are Industrialists or Mil owners etc. etc. and want to only continue squeezing the juices of their workers while hiding behind the statement "We cannot afford 2 day per week holiday." We can afford it. Hire more people to get the job done on time. Almost all of our local companies are understaffed anyways forcing workers to work beyond there contracted work hours. Hiring more people will increase employment. More people will be able to earn thus increasing demand for goods. This in turn will vitalize the Industry. Simple Economic model. And to Fayyaz Alam; not everyone has a bad family environment. Most of us would like to spend more time with our family. Obviously you do not. Learn to love your family instead of arguing with them all the time.

Mian Imtiaz Shaukat | 14 years ago | Reply The lighting on marriages,parties,and other special days should also be strictly banned. 2.can we thing to produce the electricity by neclear technology

Z ali | 14 years ago | Reply I am not against the 2 days holidays, but other nations are doing beauces they work hard and want rest, Her in pakistan already firday is half day and if they implement it as ful day i bet the Govt officals will leave office after juma prayer and will enjoy 2 1/2 day leave . If Govt increases the office time in sake to save electircity and than if you calculate the increse of working hour then you will find that working incresed time will be more or equal to the one day working hour, is that sensible.

Zahid | 14 years ago | Reply I agree, all those things, which are going to cajole, The few things, i would like to add: Immediate Bases: 1- Market must follow the time 8:00am till 8:pm (12 hours work) 2- 1.5 Days Off instead of 2 days On Saturday 9:00am till 1:00pm 3- Clock must be ahead by 1 hr. 4- A.Cs should be prohibited, however only One A/C per plot should be allocated, if nation wants to survive they have to pay, our Rich families are running room base A.Cs, 5 rooms 5 A.Cs, that's not fair. 5- The Govt must not use A.Cs until 11:00am in Morning 6- Complete ban on 60W & 100w Bulbs only Energy saver should be installed 7- Corruption / Theft of Electricity must be considered on Priority basis.Most of areas are selling Kundas (instrument for current stealthiness) defiantly In some of ares, due to political impact, meter reading is not being charged tangibly, some lineman has fix their settled money / Home , in some areas of Karachi. Some doing fallacies with their meters . 8- Take aide from IRAN, who was offered many times to Pakistan. I don't think that US will vex us, as they know our needs. Long Term Basis NOTIONS Please start all types of DAMS, including Kalabagh DAM, think for nation and coming generation rather then encouraging the feudalism, and thinking oneself emotionally, even heavy losses. Start coal power projects as soon as possible. Start to buy Solar system, and as in Karachi, WIND and Turbine system will also work, install them on Town wise. Educate people about energy savings via ads by running commercials, training and workshops. But before start any task, avoid corruption and refrain from political influences otherwise our poor nation' value(funds) destroy, as well as the project will also be futile.

Fayyaz Alam | 14 years ago | Reply As far two holidays, Western countries use advanced technology and they achieve in 5 days what our manual based industries cannot achieve in 3 months. Arabs have 2 holidays because they have enough oil money. What we have to sit at home for two days? There will be more family arguments. You go out and enjoy if you have money, otherwise sit at home and lash out at your poor wife!!

Fayyaz Alam | 14 years ago | Reply Is this a solution? We import oil, why not ban all the traffic that uses petrol? If sugar is scarce, why not stop using that? This is not a sensible solution. Those who want to be successful create capacity. While our government is trying to suppress demand, countries are looking for way to increase production. If government really wants to save electricity, they should ban buildings that are not suitable for our climate. I know someone who made a 4 storey house in Lahore and used a lot of glass windows (copying New York skyscrappers). Needless to mention that he had to use many air conditioners for 9 months just to keep the temperature bearable. @ Mr Mateen Your suggestion is not bad but all the economic activity happens outside the houses. People go for shopping after they finish work. It is a good suggestion to save electricity but it is only a temporary solution.

Amir | 14 years ago | Reply I have to agree that our industrialists, Zamidars, Seths, feudal masters will suffer the most if 2-day work week is announced. How will they be able to run their inefficient operations on just 5-days. Why should they have to pay their workeres extra if they work only 5-days. Obviously next they will start screeming to reduce the salary for these workers. Most industrialized nations are going towards flexible workweeks, reducing number of hours, to ensure a healthy work-life balance for their employees and workers. However we want to follow the government specefied workweek...9 hours per day with 1-hour break, 6-days. We do not concern ourseleves to understand how important a rest is to ones mind. Obviously the industry is going to cry for 2-day off. How can they run their operations. They will have to hire more people. This means loss on their profit/loss statement! It would be quite difficult to implement 5-day workweek, as our industry is not ready. SOme are following 5-day, but they fall in the multinational categories...not our local business.

Syed A. Mateen | 14 years ago | Reply Few years back I wrote in the press that shops should be closed at sunset to divert electricity from commercial users to residential consumers. Governor of Sindh issued notification and for complete two years the shops were closed at sunset. Third year, the shopkeepers and their association took the plea that they are running in loses and the shopkeepers cannot afford to close the shops by sunset. In couple of days once the government notification will be issued all shops will be closed at 8pm. I think that it would be more appropriate that government should ask the shop keepers to close all the shops by sunset without fail. The shopkeepers open their shops around 13:00 hrs and keep the shops open until midnight. If the shopkeepers open their shops at 9am in the morning and close by sunset, any one who would like to purchase anything will follow the shops timings. Moreover two days weekly off is a must for the health nation. In all develop countries all offices and shopping centres are closed on Saturdays and Sundays and still the nations are progressing. I do not think that they sky is going to fall on earth if government of Pakistan is going to announce two-days weekly off. Why the leaders of business community make hue and cry not to observe two-days weekly off due to one simple reason? They do not want to pay overtime to their workers which are calculated on the basis of double of the amount of a normal working day. It is due to sheer negligence of Provincial Government’s Labour Departments that such things are happening in Pakistan despite the fact that PPP who has given the rights to the labourers is in the government.

Adil A Murad | 14 years ago | Reply We are the atomic power but don't have power

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