Over 700 small industries in Khulna face closure for load-shedding
Thursday, 3 June 2010
KHULNA, June 2 (UNB): Over 700 small industries of the district's industrial belt are on the verge of closure due to acute load shedding.
Production in those industries has decreased to one-fourth during the last month due to frequent load shedding.
Small factories dependent on power are the worst sufferers of load shedding. Most of those factories are being forced to cancel work orders due to their failure in completing work on time.
Bangladesh Engineering Shilpa Malik Samity (BESMS) sources said production in 700 small and big industries in the city's Fulbari Gate to Rupsha area was being hampered seriously, causing huge monetary losses to the owners.
Proprietor of SS Engineering Robin Kumar Chakravorty said they do not get power supply properly even for four hours a day.
He said they could not allow new work orders as they failed to complete the job they agreed earlier.
General Secretary of the BESMS Sheikh Hafizur Rahman demanded at least four to six hours of uninterrupted power supply for running the industries smoothly.
Otherwise, these industries will be closed down automatically within a very short period, he observed.
Production in those industries has decreased to one-fourth during the last month due to frequent load shedding.
Small factories dependent on power are the worst sufferers of load shedding. Most of those factories are being forced to cancel work orders due to their failure in completing work on time.
Bangladesh Engineering Shilpa Malik Samity (BESMS) sources said production in 700 small and big industries in the city's Fulbari Gate to Rupsha area was being hampered seriously, causing huge monetary losses to the owners.
Proprietor of SS Engineering Robin Kumar Chakravorty said they do not get power supply properly even for four hours a day.
He said they could not allow new work orders as they failed to complete the job they agreed earlier.
General Secretary of the BESMS Sheikh Hafizur Rahman demanded at least four to six hours of uninterrupted power supply for running the industries smoothly.
Otherwise, these industries will be closed down automatically within a very short period, he observed.