The chief minister directed Minister Energy Imtiaz Shaikh to talk to the authorities concerned of the Hesco, Sepco and K-E so that the remaining villages for which the government has already deposited demand notes could be electrified.
This, he said, on Tuesday while presiding over a meeting on villages electrification. The meeting was attended by Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh, Principal Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Energy Musadiq Khan, Special Secretary Finance Asif Jahangir, Member development P&D Fatah Tunio and other officers concerned.
The energy minister briefing the chief minister said the provincial government has paid Rs 3,124 million to Hesco for electrification of 1,600 villages and this amount has been paid in between 2012-13 to 2017-18. He further said that the Hesco has electrified 870 villages for Rs 1.84 billion and 730 villages were yet to be electrified and their amount of Rs1.35 billion was lying with Hesco. At this, the chief minister directed the minister energy to talk to Hesco authorities so that the remaining villages could be electrified.
Shaikh also told the chief minister that during last five years, 2012-2017 Rs2.34 billion were paid to Sepco fort electrification of 1508 villages against which they electrified 1062 villages for Rs1.49 billion and still they have to electrify 446 villages and their funds of Rs512.42 million of Sindh government were lying with them.
Similarly, The K-Electric has been given Rs400 million to electrify 45 villages for Rs318.646 million and they have electrified 42 villages and work on three villages was in progress.
The chief minister said that he has a plan to electrify various villages of District Malir and West for which he directed energy department to prepare a plan for the schemes and the required funds of that work could be assigned.