Chief Minister calls for removing concerns of federal government about agricultural tube wells and resolving resolvable matters through mutual understanding and cooperation

Independent Report

QUETTA: The Minister of State for Energy, Ali Pervez Malik and Secretary Power Division, Rashid Mehmood have urged the provincial government and zamindars to give concrete mechanism for removing the concerns of federal government before solarization of the agricultural tube wells in the province.
They were in joint meeting with the high ups of the provincial government and other concerned authorities on the matter of shifting of agricultural tube wells on the solar energy here on Thursday.
The meeting reviewed the hurdles and problems in solarization of the agricultural tube wells on directives of the Prime Minister.
The Chief Minister, Mir Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti, Minister of State for Energy, Ali Pervez Malik, provincial Ministers Mir Shoaib Nausherwani and Ali Madad Jatak, Secretary Power Division, Rashid Mehmood, Chief Secretary Balochistan, Shakeel Qadir Khan, Additional Secretary Power Division and other representatives of the federal and provincial governments.
During the course of meeting, the federal and provincial high ups briefed the meeting about the related matters.
The federal authorities expressed concern about running the agricultural tube wells on solar and power system simultaneously.
The Chief Minister emphasized on removing the concerns of federal government about agricultural tube wells and resolving the resolvable matters through mutual understanding and cooperation.
The federal government feared that the zamindars would also use the electricity of QESCO after solarization of the agricultural tube wells in the province.
The federal authorities insisted that it must be ensured that electricity would not be taken from QESCO system after the solar energy.
The Balochistan government sought the time for removing the reservations of federal government in this regard.
The Chief Minister said that we would find out the acceptable solution to the matter after consultation with the zamindars and stakeholders.
He said that we are thankful to the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on sending team for resolving the matters.
The federal government representatives were agreed on the proposals of the Chief Minister.
At the outset, there was consensus between the Provincial and federal governments on resolving all the issues including solar energy with mutual consultation.