Loadshedding for industry to end by Nov

Islamabad Islamabad Electric Supply Company Chief Executive Officer Basit Zaman has said that work on many energy projects was in full swing and loadshedding for industry would be eliminated by the end of November this year.

He was talking to a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) that called on him in his office led by ICCI President Khalid Iqbal Malik. Khalid Javed, Tariq Sadiq, Ch. Waheed ud Din, Muhammad Zikria A Zia and other local industrialists were in the delegation.

Basit Zaman said that due to energy shortage, local industries will have to face load shedding for few months. However, he assured that by the end of November this year, energy crisis would be resolved and industry would be provided uninterrupted power supply. He said T&D losses in Iesco were in single digit and there was no electricity theft in the cities.

He directed the Iesco relevant authorities to improve the maintenance of feeders in industrial areas to ensure regular power supply to the industry. He said ICCI should provide list of processing industries and Iesco would consider exempting them from loadshedding.