Minister of State for Power Ch. Abid Sher Ali
has directed the heads of power sector entities to complete their ongoing
projects well before time. He was chairing a meeting on power system
constraints held at WAPDA House Lahore, today. Deputy Managing Director NTDC,
CEOs of all Distribution Companies (DISCOs), GM (R&CO) PEPCO and other
senior officials of Power Division attended the said meeting.
Highlighting
the performance of present government in power sector, he lauded the unending
efforts of all concerned quarters to overcome load shedding and mentioned that
at present surplus electricity is available in the system. However, due to
certain system constraints and line losses, load shedding is being observed at
DISCOs level.
He
affirmed that the present govt aims to shut down all expensive oil based power
plants to ensure availability of cheaper energy for consumers. He also apprised
that the previous govt did not pay heed on rehabilitation and maintenance of
old power plants which caused several system constraints inflicting heavy
losses. However, the govt has carried out and completed various projects during
last four years. Ch. Abid Sher Ali said that Ministry of Power identified
system constraints, communicated targets to all the concerned departments to
initiate up-gradation of transmission system on war footing.
Minister
of State also directed today in a series of system constraints meetings being
held regularly for monitoring committee comprising the officials of Power
Division, PEPCO, NTDC and DISCOs to rigorously monitor the pace of
developmental work and ensure timely completion of all ongoing projects. Next
meeting of system constraints will be held in Dec 2017.
He clearly mentioned that officials
failed to complete projects within the given date would be penalized. He
directed CEOs that honest and dedicated officers should be posted on key posts
for completion of projects. He also expressed satisfaction on energization of
500 kV Port Qasim Transmission Line and appreciated NTDC and DISCOs for
coordinated efforts to overcome the issues of system constraints.
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