islamabadPower supply has been badly affected in Turbat, Panjgur and Gwadar districts of Pakistan’s Makran Division after Iran cut off power supply to these areas. Monday only. According to news reports, Iran supplies 100 MW of electricity to the Makran Division.
A spokesman for the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QUSCO) said on Monday that Iranian energy authorities restored only 20 MW of power to Makran after Pakistani authorities approached them for power restoration, Dawn reported. authorities, they restored only 20MW power to Makran,” Dawn quoted a spokesman for the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Cusco) as saying.
On the other hand, Mohammad Afzal Baloch said that Makran is getting only 20 MW out of 100 MW electricity for the last 24 hours. Baloch insisted that according to Dawn’s report, Iranian officials have not given Makran a reason for reducing 80 MW of power. “Makran is getting only 20 MW out of 100 MW power in the last 24 hours,” Dawn quoted Mohammad Afzal Baloch.
The News International reported that earlier on January 26, Mujib-ur-Rehman Kambarani, director general of the Gwadar Development Authority, said the region would receive an additional 100 MW of electricity from Iran from March 1. In a tweet, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman said that Gwadar will get 24/7 power supply, which will help in boosting industry, tourism and real estate business in Gwadar.
As per news reports, Pakistan and Iran signed an agreement to supply additional 100 MW power in June 2022. During his visit to Gwadar, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif directed the concerned authorities to complete the project in a short time. According to the report of The News International.
According to news reports, in June last year, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved the 132 KV transmission line from Jiwani to Gwadar. The government will spend Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 2,322.940 million for the construction of the transmission line from Jiwani to Gwadar. According to news reports, Gwadar is dependent on imported electricity from Iran.