Satisfied: ADB happy with 356 mini-micro hydel stations

CEO Akbar Ayub Khan added that these power stations are being built through local NGOs in underdeveloped areas

PESHAWAR: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed satisfaction over the efforts of the provincial government to construct 356 mini-micro hydel stations in underdeveloped areas where people are deprived of electricity.

The bank has also started a plan to increase mini-micro hydel stations from 1,000 to 1,500 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

This was stated by a delegation of the bank, led by ADB official Adnan Tareen. He met Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation Chief Executive Officer Akbar Ayub Khan to discuss the expansion of mini-micro hydel stations in the province.



Ayub told the ADB delegation the incumbent government intended to build 356 mini-micro hydel stations in 12 districts of the province under the energy action plan on a fast track basis.

“Construction work is continuing on rapidly and so far more than 40 power plants have already been built,” Ayub said.

He added that these power stations are being built through local NGOs in underdeveloped areas.

He said the estimated cost of these 356 mini-micro stations is about Rs5 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2016.