CM chairs meeting on CPEC projects of KP, directs for immediate completion of arrangements.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan has directed for immediate completion of all arrangements, including hiring of consultants, for initiation of work on Solarization of 800 water supply schemes to be included in CPEC projects.

The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 6.84 billion which will ensure saving of approximately Rs 800 million annually in bills and Rs. 90 million in Operation and Maintenance costs along with benefitting 2.4 million people.

He was presiding over a meeting regarding CPEC projects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at CM Secretariat Peshawar.

Advisor to the Chief Minister for Energy and Power Hamayatullah Khan, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Shahab Ali Shah, Administrative Secretaries of the concerned departments and other senior officials attended the meeting.

The Chief Minister stated that ultimate goal of the initiative is to improve the quality of life and health of people through provision of clean drinking water within affordable costs on sustainable basis adding that Public Health Engineering department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had already initiated solarization projects with successful results under which 600 schemes have been solarized so far.

Total saving from these schemes in terms of electricity bills is Rs.600 million per annum along with saving of 18 Mega Watt electricity to the national grid.

The Chief Minister further directed to accelerate progress on 260 MW Jamshil Torren More Project Chitral, 350 Mega Watt Torren More Kare Project Chitral, project regarding off-grid solutions for merged districts, Swat Motorway Phase II and other proposed projects in CPEC.

The meeting was informed that the inclusion of 260 MW Jamshil Torren More Project Chitral and 350 Mega Watt Torren More Kare Project Chitral in CPEC has...

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