The Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power on Friday directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to stop taking fuel adjustment charges as it was mandated to secure the interests of consumers.
The committee met under the Chairmanship of Senator Zahid Khan in Parliament House.
The committee issued directives to the Water and Power Ministry to ensure that except defence institutions and hospitals all departments, including parliament and Supreme Court, should bear the share of load shedding like common man.
The committee asked the authorities to stop giving extra 650 megawatts to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and make a monitoring system to look after the quota of different electricity supply companies and inform about the quota of every company.
Replying to the recommendations of the committee, an official said as far as the construction of Darawat dam was concerned, the physical progress of the main dam was 99 percent whereas the overall progress of the project stood at 74 percent.
Keeping in view the financial position of the project, an amount of Rs 4,000 million in all including liabilities of 1,500 million was required to complete the project within the time.
Briefing about the present status of Gomal Gol Dam, the official told the committee that location of the dam was on Gomal Gol river, a major tributary of Mastuj river and installed capacity of the dam was 106 megawatt and annual energy 436 GWh.
He said construction of boundary wall has been completed and roads, water supply, sewerage, primary school, mosque, dispensary and guard room, shops and construction of staff colony has been substantially completed.
