Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) is providing electricity distribution infrastructure to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Swat and Boner areas for their speedy adjustment in the camps. Twenty-seven declared IDP camps in NWFP have been provided 42 distribution transformers with state of the art net work of HT, LT lines and electric poles.
According to reports, Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has distributed some 20,000 electric fans in the camps of Swabi, Charsadda, Jalozai, Mardan and Peshawar. The report said the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) had established one field office in each camp for expeditious complaint management and co-ordination.
A focal person for liaison with the government and non-government organisations and other departments had been appointed with contacts number 0300-5936010, it said. The report further said on the instructions of Pepco Managing Director, repair work on grid stations of Mingora and Boner had been completed in the shortest possible time to restore electricity in the areas of Saido Sharif, Mingora, Karakar, Chamla and Nawagai.
The report recalled that President Asif Ali Zardari had directed the Pepco to make immediate arrangements for high quality wiring in the camps and the Pepco, in collaboration with the NWFP government, was working day and night to complete the task in phases and provide a safe and standardised electricity infrastructure in the IDP camps.
Moreover, according to the latest load situation, total electricity demand touched the figure of 15885 MW on June 30 June and a deficit of 2566 MW was managed, which was 3998 MW on the same date last year, it said. The report said efforts were being made to complete the repair work of Mingla power house at the earliest to restore 1100 MW of electricity supply for bridging the demand and supply gap. Meanwhile, a total of 630 MW were exported to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), where as last year the export was 630 MW.