Government to electrify 7,000 villages within five years

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Submitted by madhu on Thu, 2009-07-02 16:44

The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government has set a target to electrify 7,000 villages within next five years through solar energy which cannot be electrified through grid. The minister said that Pakistan is facing the same issues in developing and utilising its renewable as many other countries in similar situation.

thesaurus: 
Environment
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Energy
Rural Electrification
Pakistan
Main Topic: 
Energy
Name of the Newspaper: 
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
SAGF
External URL: 
http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=931452&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate=
Main Type: 
Publication Date: 
02/07/2009