Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Tariq Hameed has said that without construction of big dams it is impossible to decrease the price of electricity. In the whole world, the prices of electricity are low for consumers using more electricity.
But in Pakistan the situation is absolutely opposite, as the consumers have to pay more bill in case of more use of power. Addressing a function here on Saturday at Liberty Market, organised by Anjuman-e-Tajiran, he said that the tariff of electricity would be decreased with the completion of new mega dams and water reservoirs in the country.
He said that Wapda had recommended to the government that duty on import of energy savers should be decreased from 20 percent to 5 percent because it would be a great source of power saving for the country. The nation could be saved from the load-shedding or load management by adopting the methodology of saving, he added.
He said that Wapda was adopting saving methodology to avert power crisis in the country. Business community has been asked to follow alternative holidays, instead of Sunday, because it would be helpful to save power consumption in the industrial sector.
He said that the trend of wedding ceremonies at night should be changed because it wastes too much electricity. He suggested that marriages, valimas and mehndi functions must be celebrated in daylight to save the extra expenditures of the celebrities as well as electricity.