About 700 villages would be electrified and three new 132KV power grid stations would be established in Balochistan under Rs1.6 billion Second Rural Village Electrification Project also known as Kuwait Fund, sources in Balochistan Provincial and Planning department told APP on Monday.
They said work on the project has not been launched yet as a survey is being carried out to identify the villages that have to be electrified in all 30 districts in the province.
The survey is about to be completed and practical work on the project would be launched as soon as the survey completes, they said, adding the scheme is not being sponsored by Kuwait government only, as the federal government would also contribute its share in this regard.
Referring to grid stations, the sources said three new 132KV grid stations would also be established in Dera Bugti, Chammalang coal field and Gwadar district under the scheme to be implemented by Quetta Electric Supply Company in collaboration with the provincial Irrigation and Power department.