Who is to blame for Pakistan's electricity generation crisis?

[bubble123]

Mushy.

This dictator enjoyed absolute power for 10 years and instead of making dams he spent his time showing fists to opponents.

 

[Avatar]

I would also nominate the tax evading common man which forms a majority of the population.

 

[Jango]

Circular debt my friend.

Wapda has to get oil, they get it from PSO. PSO does not get money from WAPDA. Wapda tells govt. not giving it to us. Then a whole lot of other problems. In nutshell, total ignorance and lack of planning.

As Abu Zulfiqar pointed out, the northern areas have great potential for hydroelectricity using run of the mill and storage dams, becasue high rate of flow.

Water Vision 2025 consists of three phases. Phase I was expected to start in 1993 but was delayed. The priority of water sector projects under Phase I of Water Vision 2025 are Gomal Dam (NWFP), Mirani Dam and Mithan Kot Barrage at Kachhi Canal (Balochistan) raising of Mangla Dam (Azad Kashmir), Greater Thal Canal phase I (Punjab) and Thar/Rainee Canals phase I (Sindh). The total cost of these Phase I projects will be $2.467 billion with a construction period of five years. Under Phase II, Hingol Dam, Balochistan Dam and Satpara Dam (Northern Areas), Chashma Right Bank Canal and Khurram Tangi Dam (NWFP), phase II of the Greater Thal Canal Akhori Dam and Sanjwal Dam (Punjab), phase II of Thar/Rainee Canals, Gajnai and Sehwan Barrage (Sindh) will be completed in 3–6 years, except Basha Dam, which will take 8–10 years for its completion. The total cost of Phase II projects will be $8.94 billion. These 11 projects will have a storage capacity of 12.79 million acre-feet, would generate over 3362 mW of power, and would irrigate 1.4 million hectares of land. Under Phase III, Yugo Dam, Skardu Dam, Dhok Dam, Rohtas Dam, Naulang Dam and Khadji Dam will be completed.

And i believe for 2 or 3 dams in northern areas which have 3000 MW capacity each , the feasibility studies are going on.

Diamer-Bhasha Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And you do curse the people who opposed the Kalabagh dam!

 

[Jango]

A friend of my father works at WAPDA. According to him, the kunda connections for slums are not a major problem, because they light up only one bulb or a fan. The real culprits are the industrial tycoons who dont pay their effing bills!!, but they are still provided electricity!

 

[laiqs@mi]

i agree ....

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Privatize electricity board, their goons will pump sense into those who dont pay bills or steal electricity. Install latest digital meters outside property. Strict guideline for timings of street lights. Furthermore, those who breach specific usage limit should pay more. Subsidize CCFL lights, LCD TV/monitors, solar panels.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

wow .. what a generalization .. i think its because we have people like you with simplistic minds that we are not able to resolve the electricity crisis

i didnt know about Sindh....but in Northern Areas, FATA and Balochistan people dont pay for electricity

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

One thing to keep in mind is that the rate of increase in power requirements every year, due to (a) population growth, (b) increasing urbanization, and (c) increasing affluence, is so great that it is almost impossible to accommodate. It is not easy to double the power generation capacity every 5 years or so, and impossible when one couples in all the negatives alreasy being discussed.

yes that is correct; adding substantial capacity to the grid (for the reasons you rightly mentioned) takes years of planning

that is why, several years back major vision should have taken place.....but our leaders are short-sighted, bumbling day-to-day rather than think in the long-term interests of the nation

Pakistan requires a multi-pronged approach. Use some solar, use some coal, hydo, wind power - etc.


there needs to be political will, accountability (to ensure steady flow of funds where they are NEEDED), planning and long-term vision


our dear leaders and government workers lack all these traits

 

[Imran Khan]

apni kismat ko apny naseeb ko or apny vote system ko

 

[mr42O]

apni kismat ko apny naseeb ko or apny vote system ko

ur apne awam ki such par !!!!