Inadequate gas supply: Industrialists slam SSGC for poor gas supply

It is a great apathy and irony that SSGC has not kept its promise to restore adequate gas supply with required pressure to the Industries of Karachi which was decided in the negotiations and dialogue held with the MD SSGC subsequent to peaceful protest of industries functioning in seven industrial zones of Karachi held on 13th January, 2020 at the SSGC Office Karachi.

This joint statement issued by Siraj Kassam Teli Chairman Businessmen Group & Former President KCCI, Zubair Motiwala Chairman Council of All Pakistan Textile Associations, Muhammad Jawed Bilwani Chief Coordinator Karachi Industrial Forum, Zain Bashir Spokesperson Karachi Industrial Forum, Saleem Parekh Former Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association, Aslam Karsaz Chairman PHMA, Suleman Chawla President SITE Association of Industry, M. Abdullah Abid President Federal B Area Association of Trade & Industry, Rana Naveed Shakoor President Bin Qasim Association of Trade & Industry, Shaheen Ilyas President SITE Super Highway Association of Trade & Industry, Sheikh Umer Rehan President Korangi Association of Trade & Industry, Nasim Akhtar President North Karachi Association of Trade & Industry, Noman Yaqoob President Landhi Association of Trade & Industry after an emergent joint meeting held on 17, January, 2020. They voiced that the industries of Karachi which contribute 57 percent in the national's exports are starving for the most essential Raw Material - indigenous gas due to gas outages and most frequent low pressure and it is most unfortunate that the situation of Gas Supply to the Textile Export Industries is worsening every coming day which has brought disastrous effects on the production of export consignments.-PR