The nationwide programme for solarisation of agriculture tube wells has been accredited to transform the present 100,000 agriculture tube wells to photo voltaic vitality, which can cut back the burden of electrical energy and gasoline on the customers.
Beneath the plan, the present 50,000 diesel and 50,000 electrical energy tube wells will likely be transformed to photo voltaic vitality throughout a interval of three years.
The challenge will likely be executed by the Federal Water Administration Cell (FWMC) and provincial departments of agriculture beneath the supervision of the Ministry of Nationwide Meals Safety. The Government Committee of the Nationwide Financial Council (ECNEC) has accredited Rs377.236 billion for the challenge.
Director Basic FWMC Kifayat Zaman stated whereas speaking to WealthPK that the challenge has been devised with an goal to boost agricultural productiveness by clear and inexperienced vitality. He stated the scheme will show a milestone to alleviate the farmers from ever-increasing electrical energy tariff. He stated small farmers will likely be facilitated beneath this scheme to transform their current tube wells to photo voltaic vitality.
Kifayat stated that beneath this mechanism, the federal, provincial governments, and the farmers prepared for solarisation will bear one-third every of the whole price, whereas in Islamabad, the federal government would pay 67% and the remaining will likely be paid by the farmers.
Highlighting the respective pointers of the scheme, Kifayat stated that photo voltaic gear matching the facility requirement of the pump/submersible pump shall be supplied to the farmers. He stated the respective necessities concerning availability of cultivable land and groundwater, and the number of the websites for tube wells will likely be decided by respective provincial departments.
All Pakistan Kissan Ittehad Coordinator Punjab Rana Amjad Ali informed WealthPK that the scheme will show a blessing for small farmers.
He stated farmers had been going through challenges of elevated electrical energy tariff, which will likely be addressed to a big extent by changing the tube wells to photo voltaic vitality. He stated the federal government should additionally guarantee the supply of fertilisers and high quality seeds to farmers to boost agricultural yields.
The conversion of tube wells to photo voltaic vitality would scale back the per acre price of farmers, and would additionally cut back dependence on imported gasoline, saving valuable overseas trade.