KARACHI, May 2: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Environment, Alternative Energy and Information Technology, Mohammad Noman Saigol, on Tuesday stressed the need for using alternate means of energy, specifically wind energy. He emphasized physically starting the windmill project after resolving concerned issues with immediate effect. This, he said, would resolve the electricity needs in the country and Sindh.

Cities like Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur were major sufferers in Sindh due to shortfall in electric supply, which had affected industrial units at large, he added.

He also stressed using alternate means of energy to enhance industrial growth in Pakistan.

Insisting on the PPA, he requested the authorities to do it on war footings to enable investors to stay back, “otherwise we dread they might pull out because of further delay”.

He feared that if the wind energy project was ruined, other relevant means of alternative energy would also suffer by going through the same experiences.

He said the Sindh government was also working on solar energy, high tide, and biogas projects, besides suggesting that ethanol could also become a source of alternative energy and be used in vehicles.

Meanwhile, he also appreciated the support given by the Sindh Governor to expedite the IT project, specifically e-Policing.—PPI