Subsidized electricity tariff should be provided to Karachi-based SMEs: President FBATI


President Federal B Area Trade and Industry Syed Raza Hussain

said the government should provide a subsidized electricity tariff to

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of the commercial capital

Karachi to revive economic activity at an accelerated pace.

 

Speaking in a meeting with a delegation of K-Electric officials,

President FBATI said the government should treat the traders of

Karachi at par with the rest of the country by facilitating them with

the subsidized cost of electric units, mainly to SMEs.


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He added the government had allocated subsidized quotas for the

export-oriented sectors in different cities of the country besides

Karachi, depriving businessmen of their right to equal treatment,

which cost them severe losses.

 

President FBATI also emphasized that the government should resolve the

long-awaited matter of industrialists of Karachi, passing on the

benefit of incremental units' electricity consumption to industrial

consumers.

 

Industries in Karachi neither received subsidy on account of the

incremental unit consumption of electricity last year nor this year

but this particular relief has been provided to industrialists in

different cities of the country, he remarked.

 

He mentioned that industries and utility companies, mainly electricity

distribution and generation companies, should foster relationships to

ensure uninterrupted power supplies to industrial zones, including the

area under FBATI.

 

He urged the KE delegation to resolve issues of the industrial units

regarding load enhancement in collaboration with the association and

its members for a smooth supply of electricity to industrial units to

ensure their uninterrupted production.

 

Fawad Gillani, Chief Distribution Officer at K-Electric, said the

power utility is transforming its system into a customer-centric

organization with a proper mechanism to address the company's issues,

mainly the industrial customers, to resolve their issues on a priority

basis.

 

He further mentioned that K-Electric is working proactively to provide

new connections to industrial customers through a one-window system

requirement to submit limited documentation for legal compliance.

 

He lauded the role of associations for supporting the power utility in

removing the illegal connections of the residential areas and shanty

towns through active drives, adding that the high cost of electricity

is one of the reasons for increasing electricity theft in the city.

 

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Masoor Alvi, Chairman Sub-Committee on Utilities- FBATI, said the

industrial activity in Karachi witnessed a slight sustainability in

the past two months, which is a good omen for the economy, but

uncertainty remains prevailing.

 

He mentioned that the industrial activity and expansion witnessed in

the commercial capital for the past two months after a very long time,

but this expansion did not continue due to various reasons on the

political and economic front.

 

He appreciated the role of K-Electric in addressing the issues of

industrial customers with the marked improvement in the supply system.

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