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Punjab Govt unveiled solar energy policy to provide relief to public: Marriyum

Punjab Government has released details about provision of relief to public in electricity bills in Punjab. In a statement while releasing detail, Senior Punjab Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that electricity consumers using between two hundred and one to five hundred units have started receiving relief with a reduction of fourteen rupees per unit in their bills. She said 3,516,877 consumers of five electricity companies in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Islamabad have been given relief. The Minister said printing and delivery of bills with relief is being carried out rapidly by five companies. Marriyum Aurangzeb said Punjab Government had chalked-out a comprehensive policy to provide permanent relief to the public through solar energy. She said consumers using up to two hundred units of electricity will be provided free solar systems under this policy. The Minister said consumers using electricity units from two hundred and one to five hundred will get solar systems on interest-free easy in stallments. Source: Radio Pakistan