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‘Balochistan to import 1,000MW power from Iran’
03-27-2012, 12:13 PM
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‘Balochistan to import 1,000MW power from Iran’
‘Balochistan to import 1,000MW power from Iran’

QUETTA: Balochistan government is planning to purchase 1,000 megawatts (MW) electricity from Iran to overcome the power shortage in Balochistan besides ensuring uninterrupted power supply to tube-wells in agriculture sector of the province. Talking to the visiting under-training officers at Civil Service Academy Lahore here on Monday, Balochistan Chief Secretary Ahmed Baksh Lehri said work on solar energy project is also in progress, which on completion would generate additional power for the province. He said Gwadar deep-water port is also being made operational besides organising the mines and mineral sector of the province on modern lines. Referring to irrigation sector schemes, he said work on Kachi canal, small and medium dams projects is also in progress which on completion would bring over one million acres of barren land under cultivation across the province. He said as many as 5,000 unemployed youth from the province had been provided jobs under Aghaz-e-Huqooq Balochistan package. Additional chief secretary, provincial secretaries home, finance and other concerned officers attended the meeting
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