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| June 23, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 26, 1427 |
132kv grid station in Lakki Marwat planned
PESHAWAR, June 22: The federal minister of water and power has approved the setting up of a 132kv grid station in Tajazai in Lakki Marwat district and work on the project will start soon.
The decision was taken at a meeting between federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Jatoi and federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan here on Thursday.
According to a press release issued by the office of Mr Saifullah, Mr Jatoi will lay the foundation stone of the grid station.
During the meeting, it was decided that power and water- related problems of the southern districts of the NWFP would be solved as soon as possible and a comprehensive strategy would be chalked out in this connection.
Power supply to Lakki Marwat with low voltage and a number of other problems also came under discussion, the press release added.
“Currently, a 66kv grid station is working in Tajazai but it is overloaded and insufficient to meet the power needs of the area,” Mr Saifullah told Mr Jatoi and added that the problem could not be solved without construction and upgradation of grid stations in the district.
Mr Saifullah said that Lakki Marwat District Nazim Humayun Saifullah has provided 105 kanals of land free of cost to facilitate the construction of the grid station.
MEETING: A meeting held here on Wednesday reviewed the pace of work on the Khwaza Khela Kalam road.
NWFP Minister for Food, Excise and Taxation Fazle Rabbani presided over the meeting, which was attended by NWFP Minister Hussain Ahmad Kanju, MNA Dr Fazle Subhan, Swat DCO Shahab Ali Shah, Frontier Highway Authority managing director Habib Ali and FHA director Mohammad Pervez Nasir.
The DCO told the meeting that the project would be completed by July 5.
Mr Rabbani expressed concern over the slow pace of work on the road and said the cabinet at a meeting had given one month for completion of the project, which had expired on June 9.
He said the government had allocated Rs2.05 million for the project but there was no sign of its completion though one year had passed since the work had been started.
The minister said the road up to Kalam would not only benefit local people but it would also facilitate tourists.
He directed FHA authorities to ensure completion of the road by July 5.
He asked the DCO to inspect the road on July 4 and submit a report at the next meeting to be held at his office on July 5.—APP
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