As many as 50 government schools of the district Rawalpindi will be supplied with electricity through solar systems.
The Punjab government has decided to supply electricity to 10,000 schools throughout the province in the current fiscal year under the solar panel system rather than WAPDA.
The Education Department has evolved scheme in pursuance of directives of chief minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif to provide electricity to 5,000 out of 10,000 schools in the first phase where the supply of electricity under WAPDA system stands ruled out. Among them 50 schools have been selected in three Tehsils of district Rawalpindi. These Tehsils include Murree, Kahuta and Kotli Sattian. .