FollowCHIEF Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that 700 to 1,000 megawatt power can be generated from bagasse in 45 sugar mills of Punjab which is a more economical source of power generation and a strategy in consultation with sugar mills has been finalised in this regard. He was presiding over a high level meeting regarding generation of power from alternative sources here on Monday.
The meeting reviewed in detail the project of generation of power from hydle, coal and bagasse and decided that the project of generation of power from bagasse should be implemented speedily and a transparent policy would be adopted for this purpose. Punjab government and representatives of sugar mills associations would determine the tariff of power generated from bagasse and recommendations would be submitted within a week.
