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PESHAWAR: A high-level review meeting of the Energy and Power Department was held to assess the progress of ongoing energy projects and address key sectoral challenges. The meeting was jointly chaired by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Energy and Power, Tariq Mahmood Sadozai, and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahab Ali Shah, a handout said. Also in attendance were the Secretary Energy and Power Department and the CEO of KP Transmission and Grid System Company (KPT&GSC). The statement said that the forum discussed in detail the province’s hydropower initiatives, foreign-funded energy projects, and critical issues to be taken up with the federal government, particularly matters related to Net Hydel Profit (NHP). Officials were briefed on the province’s first-ever power transmission line project, a 40-kilometer, 132/220 KV transmission line from Matiltan to Madian in Swat. The line was being constructed to evacuate electricity generated by the 84 MW Matiltan Hydropower Project and other government-backed power projects in the Swat region. The project aims to supply power to the national grid or offer electricity to local industries at discounted rates. Under Phase-II of the initiative, an additional 80 kilometers of transmission line will be laid from Maiden to Chakdara. The meeting was informed that multiple hydropower projects with a combined capacity of several hundred megawatts are in progress within the Swat Corridor. DLP Report
