Projects like Thar Coal and Kalabagh Dam are among the best choices for power generation to overcome the energy crisis in the country. Vice President of Anjuman Tajran Sanitary-ware, Mian Muhammad Saleem said on Sunday, that the Akhori dam project could not be a substitute for the Kalabagh Dam as the power generation capacity of KBD was almost 600 percent more than that of Akhori. He said that the sanitary-ware industry was among the hardest hit industries in the country and demanded urgent steps for its revival. He said that the use of generators to produce electricity to meet the production demand in small industrial units was neither viable nor economical. Industries, like sanitary-ware, needed cheap electricity which can only be obtained through hydro or coal resources, he said and expressed hope that the government would take steps to reach a consensus among provinces to start the KB dam as well as other big electricity generation projects.
