Lahore—The gas shortage in Punjab is worsening day by day and the government has directed to cut the gas supply to factories for five days.
According to the notification given by the Sui gas officials, shortage in the gas supply for the industries has worsened.
The decreased productivity from the major gas field along with the explosions which damaged the gas pipelines have added to the shortfall.
The industrial areas in Punjab have been divided into two zones. Gas supply to the industrial regions in Faisalabad, Multan,Gujranwala, Islamabad and Bahawalpur will be cut down and it will remain closed for 5 days. The industrialists and Faisalabad’s textile factory owners have called for a shutter down protest.
Chairman of the Pakistan Textile and spinning mills association, Ajmal Farooq, the industrialists and the workers will protest together and will sit in that the District Council Chowk.
The workers have also voiced their support for the protest by the textile workers organization.—Newswire
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