Rs4.8 billion solar lights scam unearthed in Sindh rural dept

MIRPURKHAS: An enquiry is likely to be initiated into Rs4.8 billion solar street lights project, hit by mass irregularities and serious technical issues in the very initial phase of project.
Sources revealed that the samples of imported solar lights have been sent to Mehran university of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro for technical assessment. The report is likely to be completed by end of this week.
Sources said, although this huge funded project has to be completed in 2017, however, the costly imported solar street lights developed technical issues just after few weeks of installation. Most of such light have failed to work at all. Besides, some powerful govt officers turned this project to their own interest and managed to get installed these solar street lights at their official residences and offices.
This project was initiated and implemented by Rural Development Department (RDD) Sindh with main focus on rural areas of Sindh. When contacted, Abdul Sattar Qureshi, DG RDD Sindh told The News that two monitoring committees have been formed to check the installation of solar lights.