Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Ikhaq Ahmad Butt and other trade leaders have strongly protested against frequent tripping and unscheduled loadshedding by Gepco.
In a statement, they said that interruption in power supply badly effected the production and also hamper export. The industrialists particularly, complained about unannounced and unscheduled loadshedding. They suggested that loadshedding, if necessary should be scheduled in consultation with the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry so that working hours could be staggered without effecting production plan.
The summer is in full swing and citizens can not withstand heat wave without electric fans etc Old, weak and frail as also children and students are the worst hit. The trade circles resent that repeated calls for uninterrupted supply had fallen on deaf ears and industrialists were made to suffer financial losses.
According to details about 10 workers riding a tractor trolley were on way to their home. When reached around village Basiwala, the trolley collided with a wagon and turned turtle. As a result four persons including a woman were killed and six others including two children injured. Those killed were identified as Siddique, Manzoor, Tractor driver Hanif and Hajran Bibi. The injured were removed to hospital.