ISLAMABAD: A total of Rs 55 billion has been allocated for the construction of Diamer Bhasha dam in the next financial year, the federal minister for finance Ishaq Dar said while speaking at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance in Islamabad on Monday.
The minister said that the federal government has granted subsidy of billions of rupees to the electricity consumers during the last five years.
Ishaq Dar further said that provinces are authorized to generate electricity on their own.
