by Punjabnewswire4u
CHANNU (SRI MUKTSAR SAHIB), DEC 15
In
a major leap forward towards strengthening bilateral ties between India and
Pakistan, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today
assured fulsome support and cooperation to the West Punjab Chief Minister Mian
Shahbaz Sharif for setting up Biomass plants in Pakistan.
This announcement was made by the Deputy Chief Minister during the visit of
West Punjab Chief Minister at the 15 MW Universal Biomass Energy Private
limited plant here today.
Impressed by the optimum utilization of agriculture waste
for converting it into energy Mian Shahbaz Sharif, accompanied by the Deputy
Chief Minister and Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, evinced his
keen interest in setting up such plants across Pakistan for producing power. He
said such plants could be of great use for West Punjab, which was predominantly
an agriculture economy, in catering to its power requirements. Likewise Mr.
Sharif also showed immense interest in the agriculture implements made in the
state and also asked the Deputy Chief Minister to help West Punjab by sharing
this technology which could revolutionize the agriculture in that state.
Evoking a positive response, Deputy Chief Minister said
that East Punjab was ready to provide all kind of technical support and
expertise to the West Punjab for setting up such power plants in Pakistan.‘This
step will usher a new era of unprecedented development in both the states
across the border” he added.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that as per the desire of
Mian Shahbaz Sharif they would soon send a team of their experts to West Punjab
for sharing their knowledge of setting such plants in west Punjab. He said that
the setting up of these plants have been instrumental not in only augmenting
the power supply in the state but have also played a major role in
supplementing the income of the state’s farmer. Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said
that with the starting of this project agriculture waste like paddy straw,
wheat straw, cotton sticks, dry leaves and others bio-wastes, which were
earlier of no use for the farmers were now proving to be ‘gold mines’ by giving
dividends to them.
Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that not only this but the
residue of these biomass power plants was also being utilized for the
production of fancy tiles, which were being used across the state. The Deputy
Chief Minister also apprised Mian Shahbaz Sharif that the state government was
giving full support to the entrepreneurs interested in the setting up of these
plants so that the power needs of the state could be meted aptly. Mr. Sukhbir
Singh Badal said that as East and West Punjab have almost same topography so
such plants could be very successful in that state also.
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