Pakistan: 35% of hides damaged due to power cuts
05/11/2012
The association's chairman, Agha Saidddain, said tanneries are being supplied with gas for one day a week, and estimated losses of around Rs2.8 billion ($51 million) to tanneries and dealers, as well as about Rs4.65 billion in lost foreign exchange.
Millions of animals have recently been sacrificed in the country as part of the celebrations for Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.
He called on the government to make tanneries exempt from the power cuts. “This is necessary for processing hides before getting putrefaction which entirely damages the raw hides. The skins, being a perishable item, cannot be stored without processing which requires uninterrupted supply of electricity and gas,” he explained.
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