Punjab government has launched a project costing Rs 75 million for providing 1500 family-sized biogas plants on the bases of partnership in rural areas of the Province. Official sources told Business Recorder Thursday that this step has been taken for bringing change in rural life style and to provide facility of energy to the rural population of the Province.
Under the plan government was provide biogas drums with pipe and a stove free of cost while financial assistance amounting Rs 50, 000 were being provided to the farmers per plant and "Biogas Digester" with outlet and inlet would be prepared by farmers said sources.
The project would be helpful in destroying the dung in a better way and rural population would get inexpensive electricity for their use while the used dung would be utilised in agriculture sector as a refined fertiliser. The agriculture sector is catering 85 percent requirements of industrial sector and playing instrumental role in fulfilling the requirements of raw material for the industrial sector sources said.
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