Senate body for more hydel power generation

ISLAMABAD  - The Senate Committee on Water and Power called upon the government not to increase the prices of electricity further and to launch immediate efforts for enhancing the hydel potential on war footing.

The committee’s meeting was held here on Monday under the Chairmanship of Senator Hafiz Malik Qadri to discuss the energy crisis and load shedding in the country.

The Committee observed that the power crisis is gradually assuming an alarming proportion as the supply and demand gap is increasing with each passing day. Resultantly, the people are being subjected to long hours of load shedding but surprisingly their monthly electricity bills are not undergoing any substantial decrease, it added.

Similarly, the industrial and agricultural sectors are suffering tremendously. This state of affairs called for serious stocktaking and introspection, it maintained.  The committee called for formulating a long-term strategy in this regard.