The center will solarize the tube wells in Balochistan, says the minister.

Awais Ahmad Leghari, the minister of energy, reaffirmed the federal government’s pledge to finance Balochistani agricultural tube well solarization on Friday.

In response to a notice of concern regarding the Quetta Electric Supply Company’s (QESCO) three-hour daily electricity supply to agricultural tube wells, he stated that the federal government would be putting the solarization initiative into action as soon as the Balochistani government developed a system for paying consumers.

He emphasized that 404 feeders in Balochistan had almost 12,000 illicit transformers running on them, with 96% of these feeders operating at a loss.

Agricultural tube wells were among the many enterprises that owed an outstanding amount of about Rs 640 billion.