KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will inaugurate Sindh solar home system programme today (Thursday).
According to reports, the Sindh government will provide solar home system to 200,000 households under the project.
In the first phase, 50,000 households of Sindh will be provided solar system. The families have been selected based on poverty scorecard of Benazir Income Support Programme.
Sources further informed that the total cost of Sindh solar home programme is $32 million. At least 6665 families in every district of Sindh will be given solar systems under the project.
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The $100m project was signed between the federal government and the WB in January 2019 with the objective to increase solar power generation and access to electricity in the province. However, it has been progressing with a snail’s pace since its inception.
The provincial government holds the former federal government’s obstructive policies and Covid-19 pandemic for the delay in the execution of the project.
Sources said that during the past five years, solar-powered systems have been installed on the premises of 33 public hospitals and health centres, while rooftops of 24 government buildings have also been used to install solar energy systems under the WB project.