DLP Report
PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has expressed concern over the federal government’s lack of cooperation in energy projects and the exclusion of two important ongoing hydropower projects from the IGCEP Plan 2025-35, calling it a retaliatory action against the province, a handout said.
In this regard, in a letter addressed to Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Owais Ahmed Leghari, Special Assistant to CM, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Energy Engr. Tariq Sadozai has written that two hydropower projects in Swat district, Gabral Kalam Power Project, 88 MW and Maden Power Project, 157 MW, are being implemented with the financial support of World Bank in province, launched under KHRE program, which is scheduled to be completed in 2027.
Moreover, they said projects to generate cheap electricity with a total capacity of 245 MW, which was previously included in IGCEP Plan 2021-30 and 2022-31 through a committed resolution, was included in the plan with the consent of ECNEC, CCI, and NEPRA. However, its exclusion from the IGCEP 2025-35 in review plan has been declared a complete injustice of the federation.
Sadozai also mentioned in a letter that the exclusion of said projects through system operators is constitutionally illegal; the federal government has been asked to review the decision. The provincial government has declared that Mohmand Dam, Dasu, Tarbela Extension 5 under the supervision of the federal government have also been declared committed in IGCEP, therefore, 2 important projects of the province should also be included in the program and allowed to be completed successfully, he concluded.
