The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has demanded the gas supply to the industry with full pressure, enabling exporters to fulfil their commitments with foreign buyers.
Criticising extreme low gas pressure to the Faisalabad industry here Monday, PTEA Chairman Asghar Ali and Vice Chairman Muhammad Asif said that low gas pressure had been hitting industrial production and the textile industry was unable to operate.
They said that industrial units in different industrial clusters of Faisalabad like Khurrianwala, Sargodha Road and Sammundri Road were facing extremely low gas pressure which was severely affecting their production and they were unable to operate and keep over one million jobs.
They said low pressure would cause the textile sector loss of one billion rupees every day in export revenues and value addition in the region.
They proposed the supply gas to CNG and industrial sectors on different days to tackle the low pressure problem. The government should also remain in touch with all stakeholders to save the industry from collapse and to formulate a strong strategy for the future, they added and demanded to increase the gas supply to industries at least five days a week as the weather had changed.