ISLAMABAD : The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has sought the intervention of the Chief Secretary of Sindh for the issuance of bank challans for the second-term land lease rental of UEP Wind Power Private Limited (UEPL), sources told Newzshewz.
In a letter to the Chief Secretary of Sindh, Managing Director of PPIB, Shah Jahan Mirza, referenced UEPL’s letter dated February 27, 2025, regarding delays in the issuance of bank challans.
According to PPIB, UEPL is a 99 MW wind power project classified as a priority project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. UEPL executed an Energy Purchase Agreement (EPA) with the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) on September 20, 2014, and an Implementation Agreement (IA) with the then Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)—now the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB)—on behalf of the Government of Pakistan on February 6, 2015. The project was commissioned in June 2017 and has been supplying clean energy to the national grid for the past seven years.
According to the Managing Director of PPIB, the Government of Sindh (GoS), through its Land Utilization Department (LUD), allocated land for the project’s development via Land Lease Deeds executed between LUD and UEPL on November 19, 2014. The allocated land (direct impact area) includes 13.54 acres in Deh Kalo Khokar, District Jamshoro, and 31.88 acres in Deh Kohistan Tapo Jhimpir, District Thatta, for a lease period of 30 years.
In accordance with the lease terms, UEPL deposited Rs. 9,867,041 and Rs. 23,232,000 into the government treasury, calculated at a rate of Rs. 15 per square yard per year for the first ten years from the execution of the Land Lease Deeds.
As per the lease terms, the second-term land lease rental payment for a ten-year period became due on November 19, 2024. However, despite UEPL’s repeated correspondences and follow-ups with the relevant authorities—including the Deputy Commissioners’ (DC) offices in Thatta and Jamshoro, the Commissioner of Hyderabad Division, and the Member of the Land Utilization Department, GoS—the issuance of bank challans from the respective DC offices remains pending.
The Managing Director of PPIB has sought the intervention of the Chief Secretary for the prompt issuance of bank challans from the concerned DC offices.
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