PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will complete two major solar energy projects this year to convert 7,000 mosques across the province, including the merged tribal districts, to solar power, a meeting was informed on Thursday.
Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmed chaired the meeting which reviewed the progress of two major ongoing solar energy projects, including converting 5,000 mosques in the settled districts of the province to solar energy and solarizing 2,000 mosques in the merged tribal districts, in connection with the annual development programme.
An official communique said the meeting was attended by Special Secretary Energy and Power Habib Arif and other officials concerned.
The meeting was told that the project to convert 5,000 mosques to solar energy in settled districts of the province, which cost Rs 5.86 billion, was in full swing. The officials said that 2,400 mosques have been converted to solar energy so far, while the remaining 2,600 will be converted to solar energy this year.
Similarly, out of 2,000 mosques in the merged districts, 600 have been converted to solar energy, while the remaining 1,400 will be successfully converted soon.
