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Monday, May 10, 2010
SC takes suo motu notice of RPPsDaily Times Monitor
LAHORE: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu notice of rental power projects (RPPs) and a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will start hearings into the case from Monday (today), a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
The CJ, while taking notice of the RPPs and the hike in power tariff, has issued notices to the head of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) as well as the finance and the water and power secretaries, the channel reported.
Last year, the federal government approved plans to set up rental power projects to generate 1,500 megawatts of electricity.
In view of the requirement of 2,700MW, the Economic Coordination Committee had directed the Water and Power Ministry to arrange 2,200MW from 14 RPPs in order to eliminate load shedding.
Parliament also approved the RPPs following a four-day debate on the issue.Water Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had said that the power tariff would rise by six percent after the RPPs started production.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk