16 power projects underway in Balochistan

  • 02/06/2008

  • Business Recorder (Pakistan)

As many as 91 projects in water sector were being implemented while 16 electricity supply schemes were underway in various parts of Balochistan, official sources told APP here on Sunday. These projects aimed at providing clean drinking water and electricity supply facilities to the people in the province, the sources said, adding that the government would construct 54 more small dams in different districts aimed at resolving water scarcity problems in the province. They said: "The federal government will soon start work on electricity supply project for Dalbandin town of Chaghi district and its surrounding areas in collaboration with Saudi Arabia government. Saudi Arabia government will spend Rs320 million while the federal government will spend Rs500 million on the electricity supply project". The completion of the project will not only revolutionise agriculture and mineral sectors, but also end unemployment in the district. Besides, it will also bring revolutionary social change in life-style of the people and improve their socio-economic standards in the areas, they said. The government is devising a comprehensive plan to provide electricity and construct more dams in all nook and corner of the province, the sources added. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008