KARACHI, Jan 20 (APP): Sindh Minister for Energy Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Monday, stressed on completion of the alternate energy project aimed at provision of solar panels to 0.2 million households across the province at the earliest.
The minister, while chairing a meeting at Energy Department regarding provision of solar panels to 200,000 homes with the support of the World Bank, instructed to ensure transparency, merit as well as simple and convenient-for -people distribution process.
The meeting in which detailed consideration was given to the method of distribution of solar panels, according to a statement issued here, was attended by Senior Energy Specialist Dmytro Glazkov, Energy Specialist Manahil Raza and Consultant Abrar Khattak from the World Bank, Secretary Energy Mosaddiq Ahmed Khan, PD Sindh Solar Energy Mahfouz Ahmed Qazi, and heads of various solar distribution companies.
Syed Nasir Shah directed the World Bank delegation and distribution companies to keep the process of distribution of solar panels very simple and convenient for the people. He also directed the meeting to speed up the steps regarding distribution of solar panels and maintain merit and transparency in all work.
The minister asked the heads of solar panel distribution companies to complete all the steps on time and to contact him directly in case of any difficulties.
He said that the project should be completed at the earliest as per the vision and instructions of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and efforts should be made to make its fruits available to the public within three months.