PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed theinitiation of work on 489 MW new energy projects directing the concerneddepartment to work out all the modalities on emergency basis and specifyingtimelines for completion of the projects.
While chairing a meeting of the energy and power department, the ChiefMinister revealed that the provincial government has completed sevendifferent projects related to the energy sector with total productioncapacity of 161.2 MW which will generate Rs. 4404 million revenue per year.
The meeting was informed that by the end of year 2022 five additionalenergy related projects will be completed having capacity of 216 MW andwill generate Rs.1137 million revenue every year.
The Chief Minister stated that out of the 332 mini hydel power projects,280 have been completed which would benefit 90,000 local households.
The Chief Minister furthered that 672 additional mini hydel power projectsare also being established which will generate 55 MW electricity that willdirectly benefit 200,000 households.
The meeting was briefed in details regarding the one year performance ofthe Energy & Power department, projects under construction, projectsalready completed and federal government related issues in theimplementation of new projects related to energy sector.
Detail deliberations were also held on exemption of PEDO from income tax,finalization of wheeling regime to industrial consumers of the province,inclusion of Provincial energy related projects in the national generationplan, inclusion of energy projects in the framework of CPEC, representationof provincial members in PESCO, AEDB, CCPA-G and NTDC and provision of gasto Kohat Division.
The meeting agreed with the need to resolve these issues on priority basisand decided to convene a high level meeting including representation fromthe federal government to sort out bottlenecks in the speedy implementationof these programs.
The meeting was informed that the provincial government intends toestablish 17 hydel power projects with generating capacity of 3000 MW inDistrict Chitral, Swat and Dir.
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Furthermore, the provincial government, with the cooperation of donororganizations, has planned four new projects including Balakot hydro powerproject, Barikot, Patrik Sheringil and Gabral Kalam hydro projects whichwill be completed by the year 2025 at an estimated cost of $ 1233 million.
The meeting was informed that work on the mentioned projects will beinitiated during the current year and is expected to generate Rs.17860million per year, once completed.
The meeting was also briefed on the five energy related projects that havealready been included in CPEC which have 961 MW electricity generatingcapacity whereas the work on including six additional projects in CPEC with1243 MW electricity generating capacity is under progress.
With regards to newly merged Tribal District, the meeting was informed thatthe work on 10.5 MW project in Chapri Charkhel area of newly merged TribalDistrict Kurram will be initiated in 2020 and will be completed in fouryears time with an estimated cost of Rs. 4.5 billion.
It was also revealed in the meeting that feasibility study for generationcapacity of hydro power in the newly merged Districts is being carried outthat would cost Rs. 150 million.
The meeting was further told that during the campaign against electricitytheft in the province, 2056 FIRs have been lodged, 560 person arrested andRs.1128.8 million as arrears have been recovered.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister’s Adviser on EstablishmentArbab Shehzad, PTI Central Leader Jehangir Khan Tareen, Minister forFinance Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Adviser to CM on energy Hamayatullah Khan,Adviser to CM on merged Districts Ajmal Wazir, Additional Chief SecretaryShehzad Bangash, Principal Secretary to CM Shahab Ali Shah and otherrelated officials.
