LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that 3600 megawatt gas power projects at Jhang, Sheikhupura and Balloki would be completed during current year and Rs. 112 billion had been saved in these projects.
The CM expressed these remarks while presiding over a high level meeting to review progress on different energy projects in the province.
Addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, round the clock efforts being made for elimination of energy crisis were proving fruitful and ongoing energy projects were going to complete throughout the country.
He said that a new history of hard work, honesty and continuous struggle was being written with regard to work on energy projects.
Shehbaz Sharif said that 3600 megawatt gas based projects were going to complete in a record period of 26 months.
He said that 1320 megawatt Sahiwal Coal Power Project would also be completed in a record period and added that projects of such capacity had not completed in such a short period even in China.
He said that with the completion of this project, 1320 megawatt electricity would be added to national grid. He said that this project would prove to be an important milestone in progress and prosperity of the country.
The Chief Minister said that completion of energy projects would result in elimination of darkness from the country and provision of cheap electricity to the consumers as well.
The Punjab government was forwarding projects of energy generation through coal, gas, wind, solar and other sources, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said the Punjab government had also set up a hundred megawatt solar project form its own resources in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park Bahawalpur and agreements regarding solar power projects had been made with Turk Company Zorlu Energy.
Provincial Minister for Finance Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Federal Secretary Water and Power, Chairman Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Limited, General Manager PEPCO, Chairman Planning & Development, Chief Executive Officer LESCO, MD NTDC and concerned officials were present on the occasion.
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