The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved a photovoltaic energy project of one hundred megawatts for Gilgit-Baltistan, administered by the State Pakistan radio reported on Saturday.
He added that now the formal work in the project would begin. The prime minister had announced during his recent visit to FB that ECNEC would soon approve the 100MW power plants.
The report says that the Central Development Work Party had already approved the project and would benefit the districts of Astore, Darel, Timir, Diamer, Ghanche, Ghizer, Gilgit, Hunza, Ishkoman, Nagar, Roundu, Skardu and Shigar.
He added that the Skardu district would be with 18.96MW of electricity in the first phase; The districts of Hunza, Gilgit and Diamer would be supplied with 6MW, 28MW and 13MW of electricity, respectively, in the second phase and the remaining districts would receive 16.1MW of electricity in the third phase.
The project will be completed within three years at a total cost of RS24,957 million.
In June, the protest manifestations were carried out in several areas of GB against massive cuts and power cuts, which caused blockages on the main roads and the Karakoram road. The problem was raised in the GB Assembly by opposition legislators, who said that the crisis has made life unbearable for people.
