Efforts underway to provide cheap electricity to KPK industrial sector: Atif

PESHAWAR, March 13: Provincial Minister for Elementary Education, Energy and Power Muhammad Atif Khan has directed the authorities concerned of the Energy & Power Department (E&PD) to take practical steps for ensuring cheap and indigenous electricity to the Industrial Estates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from various Power Houses operated by E&PD at the earliest so as to eradicate poverty and unemployment from the province by developing the industrial sector.He, issued these directives while chairing a meeting on provision of cheap and indigenous electricity to the Industrial Estates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from various Power Houses operated by E&PD at Peshawar. The meeting thoroughly discussed different aspects of provision of cheap and indigenous electricity to the Industrial Estates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from various Power Houses operated by E&PD and made certain decisions in this respect. The meeting was told that the E&PD would have 56.6 MW electricity by October 2016 which would be provided to the Industrial Estates of the province. In his brief speech, the E&P Minister said that poverty and unemployment was the basic issue of the province and it could not be resolved without industrialization adding that the PTI was focusing on this important sector.-PR