LAHORE: In an effort to alleviate the burden of inflation on low-income households with excessively high electricity bills, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif issued an order on Monday to give away free one-kilowatt solar power systems to fifty thousand homes in the state.
The project named Bill Bijli sey Nijat, Roshni k Saath (Freedom from Electricity Bill with Light), which is a component of the Chief Minister’s Roshan Punjab Program, was approved during a special meeting.
The technical aspects of the solar system intended for residential use were explained to the provincial chief executive. “This programme aims to free the poor of expensive electricity.” .
Maryam also gave the relevant authorities instructions to launch the pilot project right away in order to assess its effectiveness.
