Around 3000 homes in 49 villages of Sindh Province have been energised so far through use of solar energy under Rural Electrification Programme.

A PC-I for electrification of 300 villages of Balochistan have been approved and will be executed on availability of funds under the programme launched Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) for remote areas in the country.

An official source on Sunday said the Board, mandated to facilitate private sector to develop Alternative and Renewable Energy (ARE) including wind, solar, waste to energy, hydro etc.