Energy Crises in Pakistan Essays for Metric+F.A Students of Faisalabad Board: Essays for Metric+F.A Students of Faisalabad Board...

Energy Crises in Pakistan    (words 339)                Energy is considered to be life line for the development of any country. Energy is important in running machinery in factories and industrial units, for lighting our cities and powering our vehicles etc. There has been an enormous increase in the demand of energy as a result of industrial development and population growth, in comparison to enhancement in energy production. Supply of energy is, therefore, far less than the actual demand, resultantly crisis has emerged. Pakistan’s energy infrastructure is not well developed, rather it is considered to be underdeveloped and poorly managed.
Currently the country is facing severe energy crisis. Despite of strong economic growth and rising energy demand during past decade, no serious efforts have been made to install new capacity of generation. Moreover, rapid demand growth, transmission losses due to outdated infrastructure, power theft, and seasonal reductions in the availability of hydropower have worsened the situation. Consequently, the demand exceeds supply and hence load-shedding is a common phenomenon through powers shutdown. The main source of energy in Pakistan is hydropower  but due to lack of good care of old dams and lack of construction of new dams it has become worse to obtain the total demand of our electricity through this although the power generated through dams is cheapest and along it we can get enough water to irrigate our fields which are also going to barren due to the lack of water. Other main resources  are Petroleum products, Natural gas ,Atomic power plants, Solar energy, Wind energy,  and coal which are also not well developed and not according to our needs. Energy Crisis has, more or less, plagued all sectors of Pakistan’s machinery ranging from economy to industry, agriculture to social life, inflation to poverty. Nonetheless, menace of energy crisis can be overwhelmed by government through making effective policies and its proactive implementation. Simultaneously, it is the responsibility of us, the people of Pakistan, to utilize the available energy astutely and wisely to play our due role for progress of the country.