G-B, Gwadar energy projects reviewed

ISLAMABAD:

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday chaired the third high-level meeting of the PM committee constituted to devise a permanent solution to recurring water and power outages in Gwadar, and reviewed progress on ongoing and planned power projects in both Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Gwadar.

The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari along with senior officials from relevant ministries and stakeholders, a news release said.

Under the plan, G-B is expected to be supplied with a 100MW addition to its power generation capacity by June 2026.

The 100 MWp Distributed Photovoltaic (DPV) Solar Project is currently under development at multiple sites across Gilgit-Baltistan. The project comprises an 18MW rooftop solar component and an 82MW utility-scale component, with an estimated total cost of Rs24 billion.

Turning to Gwadar, the committee reviewed the status of the Solarisation of Pumping Stations and Desalination Power Plants, an initiative valued at Rs1.9 billion.