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Punjab to Set up Solar Panels in More Than 15,000 Schools

While talking to a seminar on net metering, a method which allows surplus energy to be transferred back to the national grid and vice versa, Dr. Akhtar Malik, Energy Minister for Punjab expressed that the Punjab government plans to set up solar energy systems in over 15,000 schools.

The seminar was conducted in a joint collaboration between the Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) and Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (PEECA).

The minister said that net metering was critically needed in the country and added “We can overcome our energy crisis by launching net metering systems,” he said that the country had an abundance of sunlight throughout the year had huge potential as a power source. In the first phase, the government would target schools that lacked electricity, he further added.

The previous government came under fire from the minister for not utilizing natural resources and he alleged that using foreign imports rather than local resources for development projects was done for kickbacks. Malik said that coal was imported to be used in the Sahiwal energy project when local coal could have been used by making minor technical changes.

The national exchequer is burdened by PKR 140 billion because the power plant in Jhang was launched prematurely and the Orange Line Metro Train in Lahore would be given a subsidy by the government to operate, he said.

A lab has been set up to determine the efficiency of fans and lights while the Punjab government was mapping out an energy policy in a bid to counter the energy crisis; these are a handful of measures the Punjab government has introduced to conserve energy, he expressed.

The government will be working in tandem with two private banks to increase the usage of net metering; the banks would cover 75% of the cost and the rest would be covered by the consumer. To encourage the people, 5 million housing units can be shifted to solar energy, he added.

He pointed out that 800,000 kW are generated through net metering by Germany and added that the government plans to construct an eight-story building in Lahore powered solely by solar energy. Khwaja Baddar Munir, the Vice President of Multan Chamber of Commerce and others were also present at the occasion

 

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Lahore-Sialkot Motorway

April 8th 2019 Update.
Work is Progress at Good Pace, pavement done in most places.

 

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April 8th 2019 Updates Lahore East Bypass.

Clover Leaf IC in progress at Kala Shah Kaku Interchange and LSM Interchange almost Complete.

 

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Kasur Safe City Project is Nearing Completion

The ‘Kasur safecity project’ is nearing its completion with over 95% work completed, announced Punjab Safe Cities Authority, according to media sources.

Under the project, sensitive and crime-riddled areas were identified and 450 CCTV cameras were installed in those locations, said the authority.

To make the process smoother, Kasur can be observed remotely from Lahore after the authority, using fiber optic cable, connected the integrated command, control and communication (IC3) center in Kasur with Lahore.

Punjab government had started on the project after seven-year-old Zainab’s rape-murder case came to light.

Punjab Inspector General of police, earlier in January, had said that 7 new safe city projects would be started in Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Kasur, Multan, Rawalpindi, and Sargodha after the formation of Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) in Lahore

 

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Lahore Sialkot Motorway under construction near Jamke Cheema, Sialkot.

 

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PDTRC handed over to govt

Pakistan Drugs Testing & Research Center (PDTRC) was handed over to the Health Department, Govt of Punjab by Punjab Industrial Estates Development & Management Company.

It was founded in 2015 to test and research drugs in order to control fake drugs in the market. The minister for Industries, Commerce, Investment & skill development Mian Aslam Iqbal signed an agreement of handing over the reins of the Center to Minister of Health Dr. Yasmin Rashid. PDTRC is a certified ISO 17025:2015 laboratory. It has also cleared two audits of pre- qualification of World Health Organization.

At this occasion Chairman Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company Mr. Shoaib Zahid Malik said that the state of the art drug testing facility has worked tirelessly to provide common man safe and quality medicines. He added that this research center has helped in increasing pharmaceutical exports by collaborating and strengthening its relationship with other international standard laboratories.

 

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Multan

 

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Multan to Dera Ghazi Khan Road dualization N-70 national Highway.

 

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DESCON will handover New Khanki Barrage to the Punjab Irrigation Department on completion of warranty period in June this

Though Irrigation Department is operating the Barrage to cope with water needs of eight districts since its completion in August 2017 within stipulated time period of 50 months despite 2014 floods, presence of contractor is still there to cope with any difficulty during the warranty period.

After expiry of warranty period and formal inauguration of New Khanki Barrage next month, even minimal presence of DESCON in the shape of 40 engineers and allied staff will cease to exist.

The project completed at a hefty cost of Rs21.3 billion, 87 per cent funding by the Asian Development Bank and remaining 13 per cent by the Punjab government, is unique in the sense that it is the first and only barrage constructed since independence. The previous projects were just rehabilitation/remodeling of existing structures. In this case, completely new barrage has been erected that followed by dismantling of 125 years old existing structure. The project is part of the second tranche of the Asian Development Bank (ADB’s) $700 million multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program.

The life of the new barrage, constructed at 900 feet downstream of the old one on Chenab River, is 150 years and it will ensure safe passage of floods up to 1,100,000 cusecs.

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New barrage has two abutments, 62 piers and a new head regulator, one road bridge and two divider walls along with ladders for fish migration. The guide banks had been constructed by 2,000 metres on right and 1,200 meters on left along with four sloping studs to the left of the barrage to protect the river banks from erosion.

The entire system can be operated from a central control room. Unlike the previous system of operating shutters manually, hydraulic gates can be operated by just pressing a button from the control room. Approximately, 35 kilometres existing approach roads have also been upgraded.

New Khanki Barrage will divert 11,653 cusecs of sustainable irrigation supplies to the downstream lower Chenab Canal. The irrigation distribution system has already been remodeled for additional flows.

The barrage will ensure sustainable irrigation of 3.03 million acres of fertile land in eight districts of central Punjab - Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Faisalabad, Jhang, Chiniot and Toba Tek Singh. The project will benefit about 568,000 farming families and reduce flooding risks from once in 50 years to once in 100 years.

 

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Nadra Mega Center started working in January in Gujranwala

نادرا میگا سنٹر کا افتتاح
نہ قطار نہ انتظار

میگا سنٹر میں 200 سے زائد افراد کے بیٹھنے کی گنجائش ہے۔36ڈیٹا انٹری کاؤنٹرز پر 3 شفٹوں میں 24 گھنٹوں کے دوران بیک وقت 2ہزار سے زائد شہری مستفید ہو سکیں گے۔سنٹر کبھی بند نہیں ہوگا ہفتہ اور اتوار کو بھی کھلا رہے گا۔ نادرا ترجمان

 

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Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) Lahore

 

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Beautiful view of 1st ever Turf Hockey Ground in Waqar-un-Nisa Women College Rawalpindi

 

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PAD to install high efficiency irrigation system for introducing new modes of irrigation

June 11, 2019

The Punjab Agriculture Department will install high efficiency irrigation system for introducing new modes of irrigation among the farmer community in the province.

According to the spokesmen of the department, this system will enable the farmers to save half of their time, labour and water of crops.

He said that the department has set a target of repairing more than nine hundred watercourses during the current year to stop the wastage of canal water.