Year: 2021

LPG cylinders being detached from commercial vehicles in Multan

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The district administration started detaching Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from commercial vehicles as it continued crackdown impounding overall 208 vehicles during last two days including 106 on the second day on Wednesday. The crackdown ordered by DC Ali Shahzad and led by secretary regional transport authority Rana Mohsin accompanying civil defence teams sealed seven LPG refilling units near general bus stand.

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Trina Solar’s 100 MW Agricultural PV Solar Project Fitted With 210 Modules Connected To Grid CHANGZHOU,

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A 100MW agricultural photovoltaic solar project fitted with Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex modules, situated in Luotian County, Hubei province, China, has been connected to the grid. The project, covering 160 hectares, uses Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex 550W series and is expected to generate 110 million kWh of electricity a year, offsetting 42,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 104,500 tons a year.With the completion of the project, agricultural production and PV power generation will be effectively combined to achieve both agricultural development and solar energy utilization,…

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PM Imran promises more dams, focus on ‘clean energy’

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government will build 10 new dams, adding that the Mohmand Dam will be completed in 2025 while the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project will finish by 2028. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the fifth tunnel of Tarbela Dam on Thursday, the PM said that Pakistan will strive to become a hub of clean electricity by 2030. “We will try to avoid producing electricity by burning fossil fuels and instead make it through solar, air or water,” the PM said. He regretted that no one…

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K-Electric removes 350 kundas in Korangi

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Pursuant to the uninterrupted provision of safe and reliable electric power to its valuable customers, K-Electric continues its efforts against illegal encroachments and the kunda network across Karachi. In this regard, KE teams successfully dismantled kunda-related encroachments in 6 locations in Korangi with the help of law enforcement agencies. Around 350 illegal and unsafe connections from the KE network were being used to acquire electricity for both residential and commercial premises around Roomi School, Ibrahim Hyderi, Ali Akber Shah Goth, Sector 51C, and allied Coastal Belt which were then removed.…

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Air quality recorded healthy since January

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Air quality recorded healthy since January August 12, 2021 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) Director General Farzana Altaf Shah on Monday told the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change that the air pollutant ratio in the federal capital was calculated below permissible limits of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) since January. The committee meeting was chaired by Senator Muhammad Hamayun Mohmand. She apprised the forum that the most hazardous pollutant of particulate matter (PM2.5) was recorded at 17.5 microgrammes per cubic metre which is far below the NEQS of 35…

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