STAFF REPORT LHR: Buksh Energy has installed its first Solar Water Filtration Plant in Chak 115, Sahiwal district of Punjab province. The installation is part of the initiative the Buksh Energy has taken with its sister company, Buksh Foundation, one of the many ways in which the two organisations work to support and uplift the rural communities of Pakistan.
Together, they founded the Lighting a Million Lives (LAML) project, which collaborates with local multilateral corporations to sponsor the conversion of villages in rural Punjab, which suffer from severe load shedding or are not connected to the grid at all, to solar power.
These solar water filtration plants function based on the principle of reverse osmosis, providing sanitary and hygienic water in areas with a low water table. A single plant will supply unpolluted water for drinking, cleaning, cooking and irrigation to 100 – 150 households. The filtration plant installed in Sahiwal is only 240W, but for the people of Chak 115, it is plenty.
The solar water filtration plant in Sahiwal was made operational in the presence of the local people of the district.
On the occasion, Buksh Energy Chief Executive Officer Asim Buksh, said that he is proud to announce that this is the first of many solar water filtration plants that Buksh Energy is installing in rural areas of Punjab.