Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate various power projects next month to provide cheap electricity to the people. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a grid station in Dobian, Swabi district, he said the PML-N government has shown such remarkable performance in a short span of 10 months, which was not exhibited by others even in the long period of 10 years.
He said the production of 750MW electricity will start from Gaddu Power Plant within a period of 10 months. He said the problem of power load-shedding was ignored by previous governments while the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written a new history through taking revolutionary steps for the resolution of the problem.
Abid Sher Ali said the government was fulfilling all its commitments made with the people. He said for changing the outdated electricity system, bringing improvement in transmission and abolition of load-shedding, the prime minister has launched new power projects across the country. For the purpose, he said the government has also signed an energy sector agreement of $30 billion with China. Similarly, he said the Prime Minister has released an amount of Rs 25 billion for the energy sector in the country.
The minister of state said that 800MW electricity would be produced from gas which will be provided to the people on cheap rates. He said that 402MW electricity would be produced from other plants, including Gaddu Power Plant. Abid Sher Ali said that the completion of new power projects will soon resolve the issue of load-shedding in the country. He said the government was determined to remove difference between the poor and the rich, adding the poor consuming less electricity will bear less-expenses and no cruelty or excesses will be tolerated with them. He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate different power projects next month to provide cheap electricity to the people.