CM orders early solarisation of 800 water supply schemes.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Minister Mahmood Khan ordered here on Monday immediate completion of all arrangements for initiating work on solarisation of 800 water supply schemes to be included in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects.

The total estimated cost of the project is Rs6.84 billion that will ensure saving of approximately Rs800 million annually in bills and Rs90 million in operation and maintenance costs along with benefitting 2.4 million people.

The chief minister stated that the initiative was meant to improve the quality of life and health of people through provision of clean drinking water at affordable cost on sustainable basis. He said that public health engineering department had already initiated solarisation projects with successful results. He added that 600 schemes were solarised so far.

Total saving from these schemes in terms of electricity bills is Rs600 million per annum along with saving of 18 megawatts electricity to the national grid.

The chief minister directed the officials concerned to accelerate progress on 260 megawatts Jamshil Torren More Project Chitral, 350 megawatts Torren More Kare Project Chitral, project regarding off-grid solutions for tribal districts, second phase of Swat Motorway and other proposed schemes to be included in CPEC.

Mahmood Khan says provision of clean drinking water to people is govt's priority

He was presiding over a meeting regarding CPEC projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Adviser to Chief Minister for Energy and Power Hamayatullah Khan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shahab Ali Shah, administrative secretaries of the departments concerned and other senior officials...