Pesco to build five new grid stations

The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) will construct five new grid stations and would augment heavy power transformers of 19 over loaded grid stations in different parts of the province. This was told to 38th Board of Directors meeting of the company held under the chairmanship of Wing Commandar Jamshed Savul (Retd) at Wapda House Peshawar.
Chief Executive Pesco Brigadier Sakhi Marjan, Dr Mir Hatim Khan, Ahmed Nawaz Mughal, Members, and Pesco's senior management officers attended the meeting. The BoD also welcomed new member Dr Maqbool Khan on the board.
Anwar-ul-Haq Yousafzai Secretary Board of Directors presented a comprehensive report about the minutes of 37th Board of Directors meeting and after detailed discussion the minutes were approved with minor amendments.
In order to overcome the problems of overloading causing frequent breakdowns and excessive line losses, BoD accorded approval for bifurcation of feeders so that the electricity problems could be solved. The chief executive Pesco informed the directors that Pesco has electrified 2,300 villages last year while in the current fiscal year it has electrified 1,300 villages so far and efforts are underway to electrify all the villages of NWFP by the end of December 2007 as directed by Wapda.
The BoD directed the concerned field officials to further improve their performance and curtail the line losses and increase recovery pace and make all out efforts to the menace of illegal use of electricity. Chairman, Board of Directors stressed to start the campaign against illegal use of electricity.
The BoD was informed that after the October 8, 2005 earthquake, the most debilitating natural disaster hit Hazara and Azad Kashmir areas and destroyed the whole infrastructure of power distribution system.
Pesco Management and its technical staff made hectic efforts and used all available resources and provided electricity to camps, temporary hospitals and public. The BoD was also informed that the ERRA has approved the PC-1 and immediately after release of loan the rehabilitation work on permanent basis will be started.
Briefing members of the Board of Directors Chief Executive Pesco Brigadier Sakhi Marjan informed that in order to overcome the problems of overloading Pesco will construct 5 new grid stations while heavy power transformers would be augmented in 19 over loaded Grid Stations under 6th STG Program.
Similarly, work on erection of 75km-long 132 KV Transmission line would also be made in the months to come. He told that Pesco has completed a number of developmental projects last year including erecting of HT & LT lines. He said that since July 2006, Pesco has completed 21 HT Line projects while work on 43 HT proposals is under way and would be completed soon.
Similarly work on 373 LT has been completed, and work on 843 LT projects has already been approved. By completion of these developmental works the Pesco distribution system would be improved and the low voltage problem would also be solved.