PM okays project to solarize tube wells in Balochistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved a mega project to solarize tube wells in Balochistan to provide uninterrupted electricity and overcome power sector losses.
The project was approved at a meeting chaired by the prime minister. The meeting was attended by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani and federal and provincial ministers.
The solarization of tube wells would not only provide uninterrupted power supply to farmers, but also help overcome losses in power transmission.
The prime minister directed the Power Division and provincial government to present a comprehensive strategy to accomplish the project.
Moreover, he also called for defining the timelines for the execution of the plan.
The meeting was told that despite provision of subsidy worth billions of rupees for tube wells by the government, the farmers in the province still faced difficulties which also increased the circular debt. But the losses to the power sector were borne by the whole country, he added.
Therefore, the prime minister called for early resolution of the matter as judicious use of the subsidy was the government’s priority.
The prime minister lauded the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for providing health coverage to every resident of the province. Under the programme, 40 million citizens will get Rs1 million each as health coverage and they can get medical treatment from any public and private hospital in the country.
In his tweet, the prime minister said: “Congratulations to KP government for making KP first province in Pakistan with Universal Health Coverage for all KP-domiciled citizens.”
According to the PM’s tweet, around 40,000,000 residents are covered with free health insurance and there is free treatment of up to Rs1,000,000 per family per year in over 400 government/private hospitals across Pakistan.