By Saadat Ali
Gilgit Baltistan: Gilgit Baltistan government has finalised arrangments to incorporate 25 MW electricity through diesel generators to reduce load shedding duration by the end of current month.
Official sources told parliament times in gilgit that Provincial government has hired 25 generators ,capacity of one megawatt each to ensure relief to the people in winter season across Gilgit Baltistan. Out of twenty five hired rental generators ten generators would be installed n gilgit by the end of this month in Gilgit city which would ensure eight to nine hours of electricity on daily basis.Eight generators would be installed in skardu, three in Hunza two each in Astore and Nagar districts.It may be mentioned here that during the winter season due to shortage of water in streams generation of electricity becoms a challenge to the government which results demostrations across the province.Menwhile provincial government has devised a comprehensive strategy to end load shedding in the next five years.In Gilgit Baltistan under annual development program fifty six small hydro power projects costing 16 billion rupees are being implemented which will generat one hundred megawatt power in the province.on the other hand seven projects of PSDP are being also executed which after completion one hundred eighty four megawatt power will ensure to the system.
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