Solar project of 300 megawatt will start producing electricity by the end of the year

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N government is taking speedy measures for resolving energy crisis and besides traditional methods, alternative methods are also being given due attention for overcoming energy crisis. He said that Chinese company has started work on solar project in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park Bahawalpur under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and solar project of 300 megawatt will start producing electricity by the end of current year.

The Chief Minister expressed these views while presiding over a high level meeting to review progress on transport, infrastructure and energy projects in the province. During the meeting, detailed briefing was given regarding progress on ongoing transport, infrastructure and energy projects in the province.

Addressing the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif said that besides energy projects, government is also paying special attention to improvement of transport and infrastructure. He said that metro bus projects have introduced a new culture in transport sector and after the splendid success of Lahore metro bus project, Pakistan Metro Bus Service in the twin cities has also proved very successful and about 1.5 lakh citizens are daily benefiting from economical, modern, speedy and comfortable travelling facility through Pakistan Metro Bus Service.

He said that Punjab government has also started work on metro bus project in Multan and this project will also be a masterpiece of standard and transparency like metro bus projects of Lahore and Rawalpindi. He said that orange line metro train project has been evolved in Lahore which will be a revolutionary project in transport sector. He said that economical, speedy and modern travelling facility will become available to citizen through this modern project and metro train project will prove to be a milestone in the history of the country.

He said that Punjab government through successful negotiations with companies in different projects has voluntarily saved national resources of billions of rupees and there is no other example of saving of billions of rupees of the nation in the history of the country. He said that transparency, standard and speedy completion of projects is the hallmark of PML-N government and therefore, all projects are being completed speedily while a high standard is also being maintained.

Provincial Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Rana Mashhood Ahmad, Tanvir Aslam Malik, Members National Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Perviaz Malik, Rohail Asghar, Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmad, Chairman Lahore Transport Company Khawaja Ahmad Hasaan, Members Provincial Assembly, Chief Secretary and concerned authorities attended the meeting.