RAWALPINDI: Parks and Horticulture Authority Vice Chairman Malik AbidHussain has said that the government went across a revolutionary majormilestone as it successfully put new K-2 atomic power generation project inproduction mode which would add 2500 megawatts cheap andenvironment-friendly electricity in national grid.
He made these remarks while talking to the public and local PTI officialsduring the visits to Allama Iqbal Park on the Benazir Bhutto Road and RawalPark on the Rawal Road. With the inauguration of the K-2 atomic powergeneration project, Malik Abid Hussain said that Pakistan would enhance itscapacity of atomic power generation up to 36 megawatts by the end of March2022.
He said that the government systematized this big project without any hueand cry of advertisement and silently did what could not be done by thepredecessors. He said that those more atomic energy power projects were tobe developed gradually to get the nation rid of costly electricitygenerated through IPPs.
He said that the government was fully concentrated on ways and means ofgenerating cheap electricity. He mentioned that the construction work ofMohmand Dam was being done at full pace and it would be completed withinthe set time frame. Besides this, more dams would also be constructed toenhance the production of cheap and environment-friendly electricity, hesaid.
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Abid Hussain also said that these water reservoirs would wet barren landsand turn them into agriculturally productive coupled with easing andenabling rural population to have drinking water. He said that PrimeMinister Imran Khan and all members of his team deserved thanks andappreciation from the entire nation for the completion of this magnificentproject.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has quietly started the productionof nuclear power for nation-building and through this act, he drew a clearline between himself and those who have their vested interests in powerpolitics. He said that it was the priority of the present government toaddress the deprivation and frustrations of the people by making the bestuse of the resources available in the country.link
