PESHAWAR:Chief Engineer Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) Naeem Khan Wednesday said that currently PEDO is working on seven projects of 23 MW hydel power in the province and 13 mini grid stations in the merged districts.
During a briefing to Minister for Energy and Power Sahibzada Saeed Ahmed, he said that seven hyde power projects include Jabori 10.2 MW, Carora 11.8 MW, Koto 40.8 MW, Mittaltan 84 MW, Lavi 69 MW, Chapri Charkhel 10.5 MW and Brando 6.5 MW.
He said that with the financial support of Asian Development Bank, work on the largest 300 MW Balakot Hydropower Project and World Bank funded 157 MW Madin Swat and Gabral Kalam 88 MW hydropower projects is underway.
He said for the first time Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transmission and Grid Company has been set up to improve the power system in the province and to ensure supply of self generated power, adding that Under the Access to Clean Energy program 281 mini micro-hydel stations have been completed in the 11 backward districts deprived districts of the province.
Speaking on the occasion the Minister said that energy sector is of paramount importance and its development should be the top priority and undue delay in this regard would not be accepted.
At the end of the meeting, Special Assistant Sahibzada Saeed Ahmed urged all the officers of the department to devote all their energies for the development of the department.