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Pakistan will overcome on energy crises very soon. Chairman standing

committee on power & Energy.

 

CHITRAL: Chitral , Khyber Pahtonkhwa as well as Pakistan will

overcome on energy crises very soon said Badshah Salih PMA chairman

standing committee on Energy & Power during a high level meeting at

Governor cottage. The meeting was chaired by Badshah Salih while it

was attended by Imtiaz Shagai, Aurangzeb Khan, Saleem Khan, Anwar

Khan, Ghulam Muhammad (MP), members of standing committee as well as

District Coordination officer Chitral Rahmatullah Wazir, leaders of

different political and religious parties. Besides them Additional

secretary Energy and power, Zahid Akhtar Sabri director Sarhad Hydro

Development Organization (SHYDO), Bashir Ahmad Project Director Lawai

power project and Javed Haider resident Engineer Reshun power house.

Zahid Akhtar while briefing the participants said that SHYDO will

launch hydro power houses at 9 sites after 18th Amendment in which

power delegated to provincial government to construct power house more

than 50 Megawatt. As a result SHYDO has pointed out and completed

survey of 9 sites at Chitral its feasibility report will be submit

to provincial government which are Lawi hydro power project of 69

Megawatt, Gahriat Swir Lasht, 340 MW, Koragh Pariet 223 MW, Shushghai

140 MW, Laspur Miragram 133 MW, Shogosin 132 MW, Mojigram Shoghore

52MW, Istaru Booni 52 MW and Arkari Gol 24 Megawatt. DCO Chitral said

that Chitral having rich potential of water where more than 15000

Megawatt power can be generated as a result people of the whole

country get relief from longest load shedding

 

Zahid Akhtar disclosed that consultant have been appointed for

carrying out feasibility study of these sites and these projects will

be constructed under public private partnership mode. He said that

Chitral is very interesting place for private as well as foreigner

investor which have capacity of 15000 megawatt. DCO Chitral also

raised the point to committee for dialogue with WAPDA to hand over

local hydro power house at Singor to SHYDO for up-gradation upto 4

Megawatt while at present it generate only 600 KV electricity. After

its up-gradation energy problem of Town area can be solved easily. It

was also discussed that Federal government can donate this power house

to provincial government and can sale out . Stake holders raised the

point that MNA Chitral have paid million of rupees to Wapda for

provision of transformers, poles and cable to different location but

the same is still awaited and were not distributed. The stockholders

said that if any party construct hydro power house at Chitra its total

investment can be return within a few years.

 

Later on the committee members visited Sheshi power house and site for

Lawai hydro project of 69 Megawatt as some 12 billion rupees have been

allocated and work will start within 6 months. They also visited

Reshun power house and recommended for its up-gradation while at

present Reshun power hosue generate 4.2 Megawatt and Sheshi Power

hosue 1.875 Megawatt. It was also revealed that 800 KV electricity is

spare at Sheshi and 1 megawatt at Reshun power house which should be

supply to Chitral town. MPA Chitral Haji Ghulam Muhammad said that

these my efforts to raise the issue on the floor of Assembly and call

chairman and members of standing committee to Chitral to visit

different sites where 1200 Megawatt electricity can be generate easily

and in long term it have potential up to 15000 MW. People of Chitral

are optimist after visit of the committee which will give a good news

to country men who will release from mental torture of non scheduled

load shedding.

 

G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No

0943-320737, 316052, 414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446,

03469002167

email: gulhamad@gmail.com

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