Roshan Gharana Program: Solar Panels for Consumers Using 50-500 Units,
LAHORE(Tahir Chuhdary); Punjab Announces Free Solar Panels to ‘Power Consumers, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday announced a good news for people facing exorbitant electricity bills. The chief minister announced solar panels for the people of Punjab who consume up to 500 electricity units in a month.
The citizens would be provided solar panels under the project. The development came during the provincial cabinet meeting chaired by CM Maryam in Lahore on Monday, according to an official statement.
This initiative taken by the provincial government aims to promote sustainable energy solutions, as 90% of the cost of the solar panels will be borne by the government, whereas, the remaining 10% will be settled by the consumers.
Notably, the solar panels will be provided to the consumers in easy installments of five years.
The Punjab CM summoned a cabinet meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) to formally approve ‘Roshan Gharana’ programme of providing solar panels to the people.
The official statement said as per user’s needs, ratio between government electricity and the power obtained from solar system would be determined.
The provincial government decided to execute this programme in order to tackle the dilemmas of rising cost of electricity and energy crises.
Following the transparent procedure, most underprivileged and poorest households will be provided with the solar panels first.
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Along with describing the benefits of this initiative including eco-friendly energy sources during the meeting, CM Maryam said: “ We will not leave our people alone during difficult times. We are trying to protect our people from the effects of the past destruction.”
Highlighting the probable change that may be created in the lives of masses due to this programme, she added: “ People will not have to face the present issues after five years.”
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