SHANGLA: A Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) grid station in Besham city was found to be operating under the control of a private individual during a surprise inspection conducted by the Assistant Commissioner following a public complaint here on Wednesday.
According to the statement issued by the AC office, the visit of AC Noor Muhammad has revealed that no government official posted at the grid station was present on duty. Instead, the sensitive operations of the facility had been handed over to an untrained and unrelated private person, a development described by officials as highly alarming.
It was further disclosed that the designated person in charge of the grid station had not reported for duty despite having formally taken charge. Taking serious notice of the situation, the Assistant Commissioner ordered immediate departmental action against those responsible for the irregularities and lapses.
The AC on the occasion warned the Pesco local team to avoid risking the sensitive place from where the entire tehsil electricity is being supplied.
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PESCO, PEDO sign agreement for sale of electricity from Koto Hydropower Project
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has achieved another important milestone in the energy sector by signing an agreement with the federal agency Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) for the sale of electricity after the successful completion of the 40.8 MW Koto Hydropower Project in Lower Dir district. On one hand, the Koto Hydropower Project will generate 207 gigawatts of cheap electricity annually, and on the other hand, this important project will generate an annual revenue of Rs. 2 billion for the province.
In this regard, a special ceremony was held at WAPDA House Peshawar to sign a Power Acquisition Contract between the federal energy department Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) and the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO), a subsidiary of the provincial energy and power department, for the sale of electricity generated from the Koto Hydropower Project.
Moreover, Special Assistant to Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Energy Engineer Tariq Sadozai, former provincial minister and chairman of PESCO Board Himayat ullah Khan, Secretary Energy and Power Zubair Khan, Chief Executive PESCO Akhtar Hameed, Chief Engineer PEDO Aziz Bacha, Director General Mirad Atif Jawad participated in the ceremony.
While delivering the opening remarks at the beginning of the ceremony, Special Assistant on Energy Engineer Tariq Sadozai termed the completion of the Koto Hydropower Project as a historic achievement towards the stabilization of the province’s economy and said that on the one hand, this project will generate environment-friendly and cheap electricity, and on the other hand, it will help in overcoming the power crisis faced by the supply of electricity in the national grid.
