KP Minister expresses concern on unscheduled load shedding

07 Aug, 2012

He expressed these views while talking to a 30-member delegation from district Karak here in his official at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday. Noor Sher Zada Khattak was leading the delegation.

Mian Nisar Gul said that the electorates of his constituency are mentally disturbed over the problem of low-voltage, saying that the people of his constituency are constantly telling him in this regard.

He said that the power load shedding has disturbed the whole country. He said that the establishment of the department of energy and power in the province is a sincere step towards resolving energy crisis in the province.

He said that for time in the history of the province the provincial government had established separate Energy and Power Department.

He said that the province is the top producer of hydel power and action plan for the initiating 24 more such projects had been approved, which will provide 2100 mega watt electricity. The projects will cost a huge amount of Rs 353 billion.

The projects, he said are comprising of three phases included short term, mid-term and long-term.

He was of the view that observing such massive power load shedding in the top electricity producing province is totally unjustified and that is the reason that ANP is convening all parties conference (APC) is a sincere reason for evolving consensus on the long standing and severe problem of the province.

He said that all political parties should participate to prove their representation.

The provincial minister was of the view that ransacking and arson would never resolve the problems.

He said that during the present government several projects have been initiated under public-private partnership in districts Mansehra. Kohistan, Chitral and Dir of the province, whose completion will not only help end power load shedding, but will also help increase revenue receipts of the province.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012

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