Punjab government has launched installation of 1500 family size bio-gas plants in all the districts of the province through transparent balloting process at a cost of Rs74 million. The government is providing a subsidy of Rs50,000 for every bio-gas plant and a family size plant can daily generate five cubic meter gas catering to the energy and electricity needs of a family comprising of eight to ten members.
30 feet wide and 15 feet deep bio-gas plant made of latest fibre glass can run a turbine for 12 hours a day by using dung of 10 to 12 animals. Punjab Minister for Agriculture Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh disclosed this while inspecting a bio-gas plant installed in Multan by an engineer Muneeb Iqbal. Briefing the minister, Muneeb Iqbal said training to operate bio-gas plant is being imparted to 50 young men from all four provinces of the country and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.