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1 (4Th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT 1 (4th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on Thursday, the 29th August, 2013 (Originally Starred Question Nos. 77, 84, 85, 90, 93, 94, 100 and 101 were set down for answer on 21-08-2013) 77. *Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the year- wise total amount of funds utilized during the last five years for the up-gradation of transmission lines and transformers under the various DISCOS alongwith the details of works completed during the said period? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): The requisite information received from DISCOs is at Annex-A. Annex-A Funds Utilized For Upgradation of Transmission Lines and Transformers (Million Rs.) ——————————————————————————————————————————— Disco’s 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Total ——————————————————————————————————————————— LESCO 1936.100 2922.000 2277.900 1105.450 1996.000 10237,450 GEPCO 1699.782 1244.540 782.609 1868.880 1855.632 7451.443 MEPCO 1017.000 2150.000 2331.000 2025.000 4400.000 11923.000 FESCO 554.189 971.687 923.979 679.323 692.634 3821.812 IESCO 1137.319 352.124 2908.474 1178.599 1526.389 7102.905 PESCO 384.730 124.640 661.308 1008.499 — 2179.177 TESCO — 233.211 40.000 — 70.000 343.211 HESCO 1110.996 1118.580 1223.000 571.280 667.670 4691.526 SEPCO — — 292.000 330,000 241.000 863.000 QESCO 1090.532 662.816 2113.817 1788.705 808.437 6464.307 ——————————————————————————————————————————— Total 8930.648 9779.598 13554.087 10555.736 12257.762 55077.831 ——————————————————————————————————————————— 2 84. *Shahzadi Umerzadi Tiwana: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the time by which the electricity will be produced from Thar coal alongwith the estimated amount of funds to be allocated therefor? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Government of Sindh is actively working on coal mining development for Power Generation based on Thar Coal. Currently Government of Sindh has issued three leases to mine developers in Thar. According to the planned timeliness of the existing lease holders at Thar, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company is planning to initiate Mining Activity early 2014 and it will take 3.5 years to reach Coal Production stage. SECMC plans to generate power based on Thar Coal in 2017-18. Similarly, the other lease holders M/s Sino Sindh Resources Limited & M/s Oracle Coalfields Pvt. Ltd have plans to initiate Mining Activity in Block-I &Vi during 2014. Currently all the project developers are approaching various financial institutes to achieve financial close for both Mining & Power. Ministry of Water & Power/NTDC Government of Pakistan has an allocation of Rs.50 Million during current Financial Year for construction of transmission network from Thar to Matiari (Total Cost Rs. 22 billion) and Planning Commission has approved a UCG Block-V Pilot project led by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand for 8-10 MW with an allocation of Rs.900 Million for FY 2013- 2014 (Total cost for the Pilot project Rs. 1.8 billion). 85. *Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the names of the under construction dams in the country, at present alongwith the time by which those dames will be completed; and (b) the dam-wise quantum of electricity to be generated therefrom? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): (a) The following Dams are under construction and to be completed at present in the country:— 3 4 (b) The quantum of electricity to be generated is as under:— —————————————————————————————— S# Project Name Power Generation (MW) —————————————————————————————— 1. Mangla Dam Raising Project 120 2. Gomal Zam Dam Project 17.4 3. Satpara Dam 17.3 4. Diamer Basha Dam 4500 5. Darawat Dam 0.45 6. Kurram Tangi Dam 83.4 7. Nai Gaj Dam 4.2 —————————————————————————————— 90. *Belum Hasnain: Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Government to promote Information Technology in the country? Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN TO PROMOTE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE COUNTRY The following summarizes the efforts carried out by the Government of Pakistan to promote Information Technology in the Country: • Provided Internship to 5100 IT Graduates in IT companies. • Studied and Analyzed 11 different segments of IT industry to improve efficiency. • Established 1100 computer labs in ICT and the provincial areas to impart IT education. • Assistance provided to 12 Software companies for Certification of ISO 27001 (IT Security Standard) and to 23 companies for Certification on CMMI level 2 and above. 5 • Provision of IT Training to 2000 Govt. Employees and 5000 End users. • Provided online access to Statuary and Case Laws to Supreme Court, Lahore High Court and Peshawar High Court. • Provided Automation Services to 50 industrial units in 4 industrial sectors including Readymade garments, Automobile parts and Textile. • Setup of Virtual University of Pakistan which is providing modern Distance Learning through internet and TV. • 12 IT Parks have been set up in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. • E-Office application has been developed to automate all the Federal Ministries/Departments. • Three (03) Telemedicine Centers have been launched at Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, Jinnah Postgraduate Center Karachi & Mayo Hospital Lahore. • Due to Government efforts, Export Figures for Software has reached to US $ 4 million as recorded by the State Bank of Pakistan. 93. *Muhammad Rehan Hashmi: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state the steps being taken by the Ministry to establish new Power Generation Projects/Plants in the country? Minister for Water and Power (Khawaja Muhammad Asif): Following steps have been taken by Ministry of Water & Power to establish new power generation projects/plants in public sector. These projects are explained pointwise as below:— Ongoing Projects: 1. 747 MW (Gross) CCPP, Guddu – This project is being installed at TPS, Guddu, Province Sindh. This project will run on gaseous fuel. Tentative date of first machine C.O.D is August 2014. 6 2. 425 MW, CCPP, Nandipur – This project is being installed in the premises of Nandipur Hydel Power Station, District Gujranwala. The work on the project is going to commence in short course of time. New Projects: 1. 2 x 600 MW New Coal Fired Power Plant at Jamshoro – ADB is funding this project and they have hired their own consultants for preparation of feasibility study / PC-I. This project will run on coal. Conversion Project: 1. Unit 1&2, TPS, Jamshoro – These units are running on RFO. These units are planned to convert from oil firing to coal firing. 2. Unit 3&4 TPS, Jamshoro – These units are also running on RFO. These units are planned to convert from oil firing to coal firing. It will reduce the cost/kwh. 3. 1350 MW Units 1-6 TPS Muzaffargarh – Presently these units are also running on RFO due to redundancy of gaseous fuel. These units will be converted from oil to coal firing. 94. *Dr. Nisar Ahmad Jatt: Will the Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications be pleased to state the status of E-government Directorate and the project period initially fixed for making the whole government paperless/digital? Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications: There are two parts of the question. a. Status of E-Government Directorate (EGD) b. E-office Project Time Period a. Status of E-Government Directorate (EGD) Electronic Government Directorate (EGD) was established on 19th October, 2002. Currently, EGD has been transferred to PCB as a ‘Project Wing’ of Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) on 25th Oct, 2012. 7 b. E-office project time period E-office suite replication project was initially approved on 30-04-2007. The project was revised on 4th February 2013 with a completion date August 2016. The E-office suite was developed and implemented at Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) under a pilot project titled “e-Office at Ministry of IT”. The E-office Suite consists of six modules including e-filing module. The main purpose of the e-filing module to promote paperless/digital Government. Presently, E-office suite is implemented in MoIT in parallel to manual business process Moreover, this Ministry is also in process to replicate the e-office suite in Planning Division, National Assembly and PM Office. After that this will be replicated in all Federal Government. 100. *Tahira Asif: Will the Minister for Housing and Works be pleased to state whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to enact law which provide that no map will be approved for the construction of new buildings, entertainment areas, Railway Stations, Bus Terminals, commercial buildings and parks etc wherein emergency entrance and exit points are not provided for disabled and senior citizens; if so, when it will be implemented? Minister for Housing and Works: It is submitted that at present there no proposal under consideration in the Ministry for enactment of law regarding the matter. However, Ministry of Housing & Works formulated Building Code of Pakistan – 2007 which has been forwarded to all the Provincial Governments and Capital Development Authority for ensuring compliance of Safety standards in all buildings. Further, all Provinces have their own Building Control Departments, Development Authorities and local Authorities which formulate their own Building Bye-laws and accordingly Building Plans are approved by the respective Development Authorities/ Local Authorities. However, in light of subject question Ministry of Housing & Works will issued appropriate instructions to all Provinces and CDA for enactment of Laws/ 8 Building By-Laws to ensure that no map is approved for the construction of New Buildings, Entertainment Areas, Railway Stations, Bus Terminal, Commercial Buildings and Parks etc, unless there is a provision for entrance and emergency exit points for disabled, senior citizens and general public.
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