OUR STAFF Reporter LAHORE - The business community and manufacturers have feared that the country may witness anarchy-like situation in the country if appropriate measures are not taken to overcome unprecedented long-hour forced power breakdowns. The traders said that the most of industrial units had already reduced their working to single six-hour shift from the previous three shifts system. This had led to increased level of raw-material wastage, making production process non-profitable, they added. The LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh, Senior Vice President Kashif Younas Mehar and Vice President Saeeda Nazar, while fearing surge in street crimes, said that law and order situation is bound to aggravate in the coming days as over 12 hour power outages in the industrial estates is jacking up the graph of unemployment particularly hitting the daily wagers hard. Now the leading industrial units were experiencing losses despite being managed professionally. The crisis in industrial sector is not only causing flight of capital and relocation of industrial units to the countries like Bangladesh and Malaysia but had also reduced government revenues drastically. They said that a similar situation had erupted about two years ago but that was resolved with the help of the business community who lent a lot of input in developing a viable load management plan. LCCI-LESCO Dispute Resolution Committee and LCCI-LESCO Load management committees used to have regular meetings to oversee and overcome the situation promptly, they said and added that these committees need to be revived and reactivated urgently and immediately so that the issues could be discussed and tackled in an open minded manner. The LCCI office-bearers urged the President and Prime Minister to take notice of this grave situation and act promptly act to save industrial and social fabric of the country. Meanwhile, Pakistan Industrial & Traders Association Front (PIAF) has convened emergent meeting of trade and industry on October 5 to evolve future line of action to cope with unprecedented electricity outages. PIAF Chairman Sohail Lashari, Chairman Lahore Township Industries Association Haroon Shafiq Chaudhry and Chairman Auto Parts Manufacturers & Exporters Association Tahir Javed Malik said it is quite strange that at a time when the entire country was suffering and has plunged into darkness, the rulers were planning of two weekly holidays and introduction of energy saver culture. It seemed, they said, the rulers are least interested in wellbeing of the country as two weekly holidays would further slow down economic activity. They said that that the steps would further worsen the situation, unemployment graph would go up and government reputation would be affected badly. They said that the only solution of energy crisis was the construction of dams but government shelved the Kalabagh Dam project with a one stroke of pen. As well present regime has failed to initiate work on alternate energy projects. They said that government was enhancing power tariff constantly but not paying dues to the power producing companies that is main reason of the power crisis. They said that business community was patriotic and always played vital role to strengthen the country but now massive load shedding forced them to take the streets. They said that protest could become stronger as the industrialists were evolving their strategies. They said that a comprehensive strategy would be evolved in the October 5.