FollowDERA GHAZI KHAN: A sum of Rs100 million would be spent on 150 solar power generating schemes that will be launched in the tribal areas of DG Khan and Rajanpur districts to supply power to 3,000 consumers in the area.
The schemes would be executed under the Tribal Area Development Project (TADP), Muhammad Rasheed Anwar, the TADP superintending engineer, said on Tuesday.
He said that 108 solar power schemes had earlier been completed in 2009 and 2010 in the tribal areas of DG Khan. These schemes were operating successfully and supplying electricity to 2,000 homes, he said.
The new initiative would increase the number of beneficiaries to 5,000 consumers in tribal areas, he added. “Eighty per cent funding for the project would be provided by the government and the rest will be added in by the community.”
