The large hydropower plants and ongoing project sites remained protected from flood
\n PESHAWAR
\nThe devastating floods, torrential rains and cloudbursts in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have damaged 32 mini-micro-hydel stations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Energy and Power Department, of which one mini-micro-station in Buner district has been completely washed out, while 24 have suffered minor damage and 7 have been partially affected.
\nHowever, fortunately, the large hydropower plants and ongoing project sites under the supervision of PEDO have remained protected from flood. Similarly, several solar energy units installed in mosques, schools and basic health centres in some places of the province have also faced destruction.
\nTo assess the situation, a special meeting was held under the chairmanship of Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Energy & Power Engr. Tariq Sadozai here on Tuesday.
\nSecretary Energy & Power Muhammad Zubair Khan, Additional Secretaries Muhammad Shoaib Khan and Anwar Khan Sherani, Chief Executive Officer, PEDO Engineer Habibullah Shah, Senior Chief Planning Officer Zahir Shah and other officers participated.
\nThe meeting began with the offering of Fateha for the martyrs of the recent flood disaster.
\nThe meeting was informed that several hydropower generation projects are under construction in the areas of Malakand division, Swat, Dir, Chitral and Hazara division under the supervision of PEDO on the rivers of Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra, Jabori, Swabi and Mardan.
\nFurthermore, some large power plants from which electricity is being generated have fortunately been spared from flood disasters, however, according to initial data, small power generation projects have been affected.
\nOn this occasion, Special Assistant Engineer Tariq Sadozai issued instructions to senior officers of PEDO and said that they should immediately conduct emergency visits to the sites of all power plants and assess the damage caused by the flood there.
\nHe urged all project directors and project staff to complete all ongoing projects on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The large hydropower plants and ongoing project sites remained protected from flood PESHAWAR The devastating floods, torrential rains and cloudbursts in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have damaged 32 mini-micro-hydel stations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Energy and Power Department, of which one mini-micro-station in Buner district has been completely washed out, while 24 have suffered minor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n