ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railway Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour Wednesday demanded of the federal government to enhance the electricity supply to Khyber Pukhtunkhwa from current 1300 megawatts to 2200 MW to cope with province's power needs.
In this regard, the railways minister called on Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar and conveyed people's sentiments on the situation created out of the prolonged power outages.
He said KP province produces around 3200 MW of electricity but it receives only 1300MW- even far lesser than one-third of the province's contribution of electricity to national grid.
He said despite government's announcement of no load-shedding during Sehr, Iftar and Tarawih timings, the situation gives a contrary picture.
Bilour said though KP province needs to be supplied the whole produce of electricity, the people of provinces are ready to sacrifice their share for their brethren of other provinces.
"But at least our people should be supplied one-third of total production that is 2200MW," Bilour demanded.
He said the price of the electricity produced in KP is cheaper than that of other provinces, but people of the province were suffering owing to load-shedding.
In response, Ahmed Mukhtar said he has summoned a meeting to be attended by chairmen of all power distribution companies, hoping that the situation would be resolved within days.
The water and power minister said the government would try its utmost to provide maximum relief to people through efficient power management.
Bilour said he had also called on President Asif Zardrai on Tuesday and had raised the very issue of prolonged load-shedding before him.
He quoted the President saying that he was cognizant of the situation and would take steps to control it without any delay.
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