The economic engine and the wheels of industry, agriculture and business, need energy to move forward. On the social aspect, energy consumption per capita is a key indicator of the quality of life of the citizens and community. Unfortunately in Pakistan, inspite of tall claims by all governments, real solutions to meet the energy requirements of the nation have never been formulated or achieved. As a consequence, Pakistan’s economic, industrial and social growth has been greatly constrained. Due to an increasing gap in energy demand versus capacity, while
Successive governments put power generation and
availability of gas as a priority on their agenda, unfortunately, all plans of providing adequate and affordable energy to the citizens have failed to materialize.
The inability to implement energy projects has been attributed to inefficient planning and a commitment to national development.
The people of Pakistan are looking for positive change and relief from the burden
of a grossly inefficient & mismanaged energy sector. They are held hostage to the progressive increase in power load shedding, shortages of gas, and even petroleum products. The claims by the government that load shedding will end by December 2009 are nothing but illusions of the Ministry of Water and Power, while the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has chosen not to make any claim on meeting the gas shortage.
Energy Crisis such as Load Shedding of Electricity in summers for the household
consumers and as well as the Commercial Units are contributing at large in the growth of Social Unrest rather making any growth to the Industrial or Agricultural Sector.
Summers of 2009 and 2008 in Pakistan were not less then living in
Hell. The Industrial Units were shut-off due to the lack of Electricity for which the owners of the private factories and mills suffered from great loss, and the households would mark this huge shortage of electricity as a benchmark for the coming years, in sense that they be well prepared for a larger Energy Crisis in the upcoming years.
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the energy crisis lately has really been getting on the nerves of so many. the summers this year was a real torture. i think its not even a growth halt but rather a journey back into underdevelopment. it is a key issue and should be for each one of us, not just the goverment.
ReplyDeletethat was an interesting read! good luck!
wel said buniyad... energy crisis is creating major unrest
ReplyDeletenergy Crisis such as Load Shedding of Electricity in summers for the household consumers is pathatic
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