Survey for transmission lines from Golen Gol begins
Chitral valley from the Golen Gol hydropower station. He said under the directions of the prime minister, all areas of Chitral would be linked with the main grid by June next year to get electricity from Golen Gol.
The MNA said the directives for the establishment of grid stations at Drosh, Gahiret and Qaqlasht near Booni would also be implemented very soon. He said with the supply of 30 megawatts from the new powerhouse, the issue of loadshedding and low voltage would be resolved forever in the district, especially in the Chitral town which has for long been crippled by power crises.
Mr Iftikhar, who was elected to the lower house of parliament from Chitral on the ticket of former president Pervez Musharraf’s APML party in 2013, added that Prime Minister Nawaz Saharif was not only taking keen interest in the development projects of Chitral but was also eager to get the power crisis resolved on a priority basis.
The sincerity and seriousness of the prime minister in the development of Chitral is evident from the fact that his directives regarding the transmission lines were being implemented on a priority basis, he added.
In reply to a question, the MNA said that work on the construction of Chitral-Booni, Booni-Torkhow, Shandur, Garam Chashma and Bumburate roads would also be started very soon.
In reply to another question, he said due to his efforts the powerhouse of Chitral town was also being upgraded from one megawatt to five megawatts for which the government of France has announced to provide a grant of Rs1.5 billion while the federal government would pool in an amount of Rs200 million. Besides, the establishment of a two megawatt powerhouse at Golen by the SRSP was also at the final stage, he added.–Reporting by Bashir Hussain Azad
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MNA Chitral Zindabad
Two calamities one after the other last year brought Chitral in spotlight the world over. PM Nawaz Sharif, COAS Raheel Sharif, CM and others made a beeline to Chitral and announced funds and rehabilitation projects. But due to negligence of our leaders especially two MPAs and one MNA our people could not get the benefit. the amount given to Chitral by Nawaz Sharif was misused and genuine affected people particularly in upper Chitral could not get the compensation. In their place, non deserving persons whose houses were totally intact got the cheques.
One should ask the MNA why he could not resolve the issue of loans which Nawaz Sharif announced to waive but still small farmers are being pressured by private banks to return their money and the state bank is refusing to issue a notification to help the people. This was a clerical type of work but it seems no one is listening to our elected representatives bcoz they totally failed to highlight the gravity of the calamities.
Start of survey work for transmission line from Golengole is really a good news for the people of Chitral. We remember this was announced by our MNA before. We expect and await for even more good news “starting of construction work on Motoway or Expressway from Chakdara to Chitral and from Chitral to Booni, Mastuj, Shandur, Torkhow, Garumchishma and to Kalash valleys” when start of fiber net service is also anxiously awaited at Chitral.