PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir Khan said that electricity had been restored in almost all flood hit areas of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. At a press conference after presiding over high-level meeting regarding flood damages to electricity infrastructure including grid stations, feeders, transmission lines and poles besides rehabilitation and reconstruction operations of Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (PESCO) and Tribal Electricity Supply Company (TESCO) in flood hit areas of KP at PESCO headquarters he said that except some flood hit areas of Swat and Bajaur, electricity had been restored in all districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa for which PESCO and TESCO authorities and field staff deserved appreciation.

He directed PESCO and TESCO authorities to restore electricity in remaining flood affected areas of upper Swat and Bajaur at earliest. He said that Joint Secretary of Ministry of Power, Alamzaib had been deployed to oversee and monitor electricity’s restoration and reconstruction works in Khyber Pakthunkhwa and would report on daily basis to Ministry about resolution of electricity related issues in flood hit areas of province. Out of nine closed grid stations, electricity on six grid stations had been restored. Similarly, out of 126 affected feeders, 121 feeders were restored in province, adding basic electricity infrastructure including feeders and grid stations were functional in KP despite devastating floods in Rivers Kabul and Swat. He said electricity system in all food hit areas of Nowshera and Charasadda had been restored and no damage had been done to any grid station in Nowshera due to effective planning of PESCO.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 02 2022

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