Wood consumption and requirement for the Pakistan Railways
Wood consumption and requirement for the Pakistan Railways
Mahmood Iqbal Shiekh, Saliheen Khan and Hakim Shah
ABSTRACT
Data about three railway wood consumption units of the
Pakistan Railways, viz. Railway Workshop and Track
Department at Lahore( inherited by Pakistan at
independence)and a new carriage factory, established at
Islamabad in 1970 currently require 14,260 m3 of wood.
Number of persons employed the year round in
wood-working units being 2216, projected demands of wood
of the various tree species, mostly Dalbergia sissoo
Roxb. and Cerdrus deodara (Roxb.ex Lamb) G.Don for the
year 1990,1995 and 2000 were worked out to be 18,012,
27,379 and 36,745 m3 respectively.
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June 1989
Vol. 39, Iss. 2
