A delegation of cold storage owners led by Anjuman-e-Wholesale Fruit Commission Agents President Babu Muhammad Aleem and General Secretary Tahar Ayub visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and highlighted the issues being faced by the cold storage industry.

Addressing the delegation, Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that the cold storage industry was paying electricity bills under the industrial tariff, but the government has imposed a commercial tariff on this industry due to which the amount of their electricity bills has increased manifold giving rise to their cost of doing business. Due to this situation, this industry is facing great problems. He demanded that the government should restore the industrial power tariff for the cold storage industry to save it from further trouble.

ICCI President said that due to the increase in the business cost of the cold storage industry, there is an unnecessary increase in the prices of vegetables and fruits, so the government should restore the industrial tariff for this sector to save the people from high inflation. He assured the delegation that ICCI would cooperate with them in efforts to solve their problems.

Speaking on the occasion, Babu Muhammad Aleem, President and General Secretary Tahar Ayub of Anjuman Wholesale Fruit Commission Agents said that the wholesale vegetable and fruit market of Islamabad is meeting the needs of this region as well as supplying fruits and vegetables to Kashmir and North areas besides promoting exports. They emphasized that CDA should take steps to solve the issues faced by their market to facilitate better growth of its business activities.

Amir Hamza, Arsalan Javed, Chaudhry Siddique, Ziaur Rehman, Haji Bashir, Chaudhry Sohail and others were in the delegation. President ICCI Ahsan Bakhtawari, appointed Arslan Javed as the convener of the Cold Storage Committee and issued him a formal letter to this effect.