PESHAWAR: The provincial government has decided to allocate billions of rupees in the upcoming budget to improve the electricity supply system in the merged tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so that these areas could also be brought into the mainstream and new employment opportunities could be created through industrial and tourism development.
This was told in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmad with the Tribal Areas Electric Supply Company (TESCO) board chairman Engr Naeem Khan, Chief Executive Engr Tahir Jamal and senior officers of the department.
The meeting discussed in detail the progress of development projects being implemented from the provincial government funds for the improvement of the electricity transmission system in the tribal districts of Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Waziristan and the allocation of funds for the proposed development projects in the budget for next fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the TESCO board chairman Naeem Khan agreed to allocate funds of Rs300 million for new schemes for the improvement of the electricity network in the merged districts during the next fiscal year.
Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmad expressed concern over the precarious law and order situation in the tribal areas and expressed satisfaction over the achievement of encouraging recovery targets for billing payments by the TESCO administration, and assured the cooperation of the Energy and Power Department.
