Compared with the industry in other provinces, the industry in Punjab incurs Rs80 billion in additional costs related to energy consumption.
The Punjab industry consumes around 84 kWh on the PEPCO network, which means that the industry in other provinces consumes gas-based captive power plants’ energy, which costs them around Rs7 per unit.
Chairman Punjab S M Tanveer said that, “APTMA has put forward sustainability and growth vision to the Chief Minister Punjab and Federal Textile Minister to compete with regional competitors fully supported with incentives by their respective governments.”
According to him, the Punjab-based textile industry is deprived of both electricity and gas supplies, making it unviable with every passing day.
