Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan on Wednesday called for the timely completion and activation of hydel power projects in the province. Chairing the 17th meeting of the Hydel Development Fund Board, he said special attention should also be paid to the ongoing projects of hydropower adding that timely comple-tion of projects was among the priorities of the pro-vincial government.
The meeting, attended by the concerned cabinet members, chief secretary, additional chief secretary and other relevant authorities, gave conditional ap-proval for funding for energy projects during the financial year 2023-24. The chief minister directed the relevant authorities to take necessary steps to make the Provincial Transmission and Dispatch Company operational immediately. He appreciated the establishment of own Transmis-sion and Dispatch Company of the provincial government for the transmission of electricity.—APP
