{"id":82972,"date":"2022-01-12T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T06:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82972"},"modified":"2022-01-12T11:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T06:01:48","slug":"wapda-water-schemes-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-water-schemes-solar-power.html","title":{"rendered":"WAPDA to convert water supply schemes to solar power in KP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)\u2019s irrigation department on Monday (January 10) decided to convert water supply schemes onto the solar power system, news sources reported. In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two entities to start the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/first-unit-mohmand-dam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First unit of Mohmand Dam to start functioning by Dec 2025: WAPDA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the reports, the funds for the solarisation will be provided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/eu-invest-balochistan-development.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"80838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Union\u2019s Grant Community<\/a> Development Project, which is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working for the development of local communities. The project will assist in reducing power outages, as well as the associated water supply delays and hindrances in various sections of the province. It was also disclosed that the initiative will assist to alleviate electricity difficulties, allowing the population to have better access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-releases-funds-for-provision-of-potable-water-to-balakot-residents.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"70324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potable and clean drinking water<\/a>. The MoU signing event was attended by the secretary of irrigation Idress Khan, the chief engineer of the central public health engineering department, Wapda, and other authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-urban-infrastructure-kp-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADB to improve urban infrastructure in 5 KP cities, agreement signed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also worth noting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-cities-improvement-project.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"81354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asian Development Bank (ADB)<\/a> has signed an MOU with KP to give USD 350 million for the development of three sewage treatment facilities, two clean water treatment facilities, and the rehabilitation of defective tube wells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)\u2019s irrigation department on Monday (January 10) decided to convert water supply schemes onto the solar power system, news sources reported. In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two entities to start the process.&nbsp; Read: First unit of Mohmand Dam to start functioning by Dec 2025: WAPDA As per the reports, the funds for the solarisation will be provided by the European Union\u2019s Grant Community Development Project, which is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working for the development of local communities. The project will assist in reducing power outages, as well as the associated water supply delays and hindrances in various sections of the province. It was also disclosed that the initiative will assist to alleviate electricity difficulties, allowing the population to have better access to potable and clean drinking water. The MoU signing event was attended by the secretary of irrigation Idress Khan, the chief engineer of the central public health engineering department, Wapda, and other authorities. Read: ADB to improve urban infrastructure in 5 KP cities, agreement signed It is also worth noting that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[50477,50475,50478,50476],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-european-union-projects","9":"tag-solarisation-of-water","10":"tag-urban-development-kpk","11":"tag-wapda-kpk-projects","12":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WAPDA to convert water schemes to solar power in KP- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)\u2019s irrigation department on Monday (January 10) decided to convert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-water-schemes-solar-power.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WAPDA to convert water schemes to solar power in KP- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)\u2019s irrigation department on Monday (January 10) decided to convert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-water-schemes-solar-power.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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