KARACHI: As monsoon continued in the country, the rains and non-supply of power is negatively impacting the industrial production in Karachi and this is feared to cause billions of rupees loss to the national economy.
The industrial production has been badly affected in Korangi and SITE industrial areas of the city particularly with under 40 percent workers and staff attendance.
At this time there are 20,000 industrial units of all sizes in SITE and Korangi industrial areas of which half are deprived of power and this has impacted 40 percent of the industrial production.