‘Bhikki Power Plant to give new life to industrial sector’

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed the hope that 1,180MW Bhikki Power Plant will give a new lease of life to the industrial sector that is in dire need of sufficient cheaper electricity to enhance momentum of its production, a statement said on Saturday.
Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sheikh Muhammad Arshad, Senior Vice President, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Almas Haider and Vice President, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nasir Saeed said that Bhikki Power Plant shows the seriousness of the present regime in resolving the energy crisis being witnessed by the country since decades.
They said that it is not a project of only Punjab, but it is a project of Pakistan, as electricity produced at Bhikki Power Plant will be distributed across the country through the national grid.
Not only Bhikki, but all other power projects should be completed at the earliest, as Pakistan is facing serious challenges of energy deficit, they said. "We cannot survive without sufficient energy when neighbouring countries are progressing leaps and bounds.
If a proper and cheaper energy shortage solution is not made available at the earliest, no one would be able to stop the flight of capital to safer places," the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry office-bearers added.
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry office-bearers also expressed the hope that the government would also create consensus for early construction of Kalabagh Dam that is a must to avoid hunger and drought from the country.
They also urged the government to promote alternative energy resources to the maximum that would curtail the burden from conventional power generation system.