President of Site Superhighway Association of Industry (SSAI) Mehtabuddin Chawla has demanded of the Sindh Chief Minister, Governor and the D.G. Rangers to ensure that the industrial estate get its share of water according to its allocated quota. "Due to water shortage, a large number of export-oriented industries have been closed and more are on the verge of closure," he said here in a statement on Monday.
He added that despite repeated requests to the Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB), no improvement was seen. He said that acute shortage of water supply being experienced by the export-oriented manufacturing sector was not only crippling this vital sector of economy but was compelling large number of such industries to close down their units and lay-off workers.
The SSAI president lauded the role of the rangers saying that Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) had restored peace in Karachi brining a dramatic fall in the gory crimes such as murders, kidnapping for ransom and extortion. He asked the government to give special powers to Rangers at least for three years to save economy from further damage and revive confidence of the investors.