Chitral waters to help overcome energy crises

Peshawar—Chairman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Standing Committee on Energy Resources, Badshah Saleh has expressed the hope that construction of power houses by using Chitral waters could help overcome current energy crises on national level. The Chitral, he said has the potential to generate 15000 MW electricity.He was presiding over the Standing Committee meeting on energy resources at Governor Cottage Chitral. The members of the committee prior to the meeting conducted detailed visits of potential sites for construction of power houses. The meeting was attended by members of the committee including Anwar Khan, Salim Khan, Ghlam Muhammad, Aurangzeb Khan, Imtiaz Shagai, political figures of the area and district officers. Director Small Hydro Development Organization, Zahid Akhtar Sabri, Project Director Lawi, Bashir Ahmed, Resident Engineer Reeshan, Jawad Haider and Additional Secretary, Usman Yaqoob were also present on the occasion. The meeting was told that construction of power houses in different areas of Shandoo was underway with full pace which on completion would help minimize the intensity of power issue. Among the under construction power houses, Gehrit Swiner Power House has the capacity to generate 340 MW electricity, Koragh Preet with the capacity of 223 MW. Published in Pakistan Observer