PESHAWAR: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) workers threatened to suspend the electricity supply in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
All Pakistan WAPDA Workers’ Union staged a protest demonstration outside Press Club Peshawar against attack on the staff in Swabi.
The protestors said one of their staffer was killed and other sustained wounds in attack in Swabi. The workers gave a three-day deadline to the police for the arrest of attackers else threatened to suspend power supply across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In a separate development, Hydel Power Stations of Water and Power Development Authority provided 34.436 billion units of electricity to the National Grid in FY2023-24.
WAPDA achieved this additional hydel power generation because of the improved hydrology and effective operation and maintenance of its Hydel Power Stations, said a press release.
This increase in hydel generation by WAPDA to the tune of 3.266 billion units helped save national exchequer an amount of Rs. 143.7 billion, if the same quantum of electricity had to be generated through imported furnace oil. Meanwhile, The federal government has submitted a comprehensive plan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at reducing electricity prices by Rs6 per unit.
This proposal is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to provide relief to consumers burdened by high electricity costs. –Agencies
