Pakistan: Wahab launches solar power project at University of Karachi
USA-based students donate system to energise two key faculties
Karachi: Former students of the University of Karachi (KU)-based in the Washington DC and Baltimore area of the USA have donated a system to energise two of the key faculties of the university by solar power.
Sindh Law and Environment Minister Barrister Murtaza Wahab inaugurated the 32.5 kilowatts grid-tied solar system installed on the KU campus to energise its Arts and Social Sciences faculties. The Washington DC and Baltimore chapter of Karachi University Alumni Association donated the renewable energy system comprising of 74 solar panels having cost around Rs 3.05 million. The system will help KU save 150 units of electricity daily.
Earlier, the same alumni association donated the solar system for the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the KU.
Speaking on the occasion, KU’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi said the donations by the alumni association amply showed the connection of the university’s old students with their alma mater for its progress and development.
He said that Karachi was one of the luckiest cities of the world where solar power was available throughout the year to generate clean electricity.
He said that Pakistani society and economy would surely be massively benefited if the solar option was fully utilised for power generation.
Resolving problems
In his speech on the occasion, Sindh Law and Environment Adviser appreciated the fact that the KU’s administration had been utilising the method of public-private partnership for resolving problems of the university.
He appreciated the fact that the alumni association of the KU contributed well towards improvement of their alma mater and that of the city of Karachi.
He lauded the efforts of the KU to work on its own to seek additional resources to cater to the needs of its growing number of students owing to expanding academic and research activities on the campus.
Barrister Wahab also handed over cheques of two scholarships-to two meritorious students of the KU-he instituted last month in the memory of his late parents being the alumni of the university. Sindh Law Adviser is personally funding the two scholarships.