Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed to accelerate the execution of hydel power projects in the province. He said this while presiding over a meeting at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Advisor to chief minister on Energy Himayatullah Khan, Head of the Strategic Support Unit Sahibzada Saeed, Secretary Energy & Power, commissioner Peshawar and other relevant officers attended the meeting.
CM gave guidelines for the use of electricity to be generated through hydel power projects in the province for the industrialization within the province on cheap prices. He directed to get approval from EPA for 36 megawatt Dral, 17 Mega Watt Ranolia, 2.6 Mega Watt Machia.
The chief minister assured to launch own transmission company. The Gadoon Industrial Estate would get 28 megawatt of electricity produced through Pehur hydropower projects of the province that would make the industries in the Gadoon industrial estate viable. He assured to take up NTDC and CCPA related issues with the federal government.
He directed for a comprehensive research-oriented plan for the hydel power generation including Chitral where 3000 megawatt of electricity could be generated from Chitral alone. The chief minister also directed for the rapid execution and completion of government to government projects that included FWO, Korean projects, Syno-Hydro and KHNP project.
