Sindh Secretary Environment Mir Hussain Ali has said that the government has issued licenses to 18 companies for establishing power units to generate at least 1,440 MW of electricity. Addressing the members of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati), he said that by the end of 2012, wind power generating units would start generating electricity.
He warned the companies to initiate work on the units immediately, otherwise, plots allotted for the projects would be cancelled. Hussain Ali assured the Kati members that in future the copies of notices issued by Environment Protection Agency (EPA, would also be provided to the association.
He also assured that the department would not adopt harsh measures against industrialists. However, he said that industrialists should also follow the rules and regulations. The secretary environment informed that the federal government had granted permission for establishing combined effluent treatment plant and work on the project would be initiated soon.
Speaking on the occasion, Acting Chairman Kati Jawed Qureshi said that it was the responsibility of the government to dispose of garbage properly. Former chairman Kati Mian Zahid Hussain assured that the association would extend complete co-operation to EPA.