The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) completed 173 electricity development projects during September 2026, and Jhang circle accounted for a substantial share of that work — 19 villages electrified, 12 low-tension projects and five deposit-funded works, worth Rs106.88 million in total.
The figures were reported by the Associated Press of Pakistan and published on 29 October 2026. They cover work completed by FESCO’s Construction Directorate across its four circles — Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha and Mianwali — during the month of September, at a combined cost of Rs375.186 million.
Across the whole company, the September programme had three parts. Village electrification was the largest: 119 villages were connected to the electricity network at a cost of Rs211.316 million. Low-tension proposals — the smaller lines and equipment that carry power from transformers to homes and shops — accounted for 42 projects worth Rs49.467 million. And 12 deposit works, projects financed through customer deposits, cost Rs114.403 million. Together, those three streams make up the 173 completed projects.
Jhang’s share breaks down neatly. Of the 119 villages electrified region-wide, 19 were in Jhang, at an investment of Rs26.432 million. For comparison, Faisalabad circle electrified 38 villages, Sargodha 43 and Mianwali 19. On low-tension work, Jhang completed 12 projects worth Rs12.957 million, out of 42 across the region. And of the 12 deposit works, five were in Jhang, worth Rs67.491 million — the largest deposit-work spend of any circle, ahead of Faisalabad’s five projects at Rs40.478 million. Added together, Jhang circle’s three streams — Rs26.432 million, Rs12.957 million and Rs67.491 million — come to exactly the Rs106.88 million circle total quoted in the report.
What does that mean for people in Jhang district in practice? Nineteen newly electrified villages mean households that previously relied on other arrangements now have a grid connection, with everything that follows from it — lighting after dark, fans and refrigeration, power for small workshops and for charging phones. The low-tension projects matter in a quieter way: they strengthen the local distribution network, which is the part of the system most directly felt by consumers when voltage drops or faults occur. And deposit works, funded by the customers who asked for them, typically serve new connections, housing schemes or commercial premises that needed dedicated infrastructure.
FESCO Chief Executive Engineer Abid Rasheed praised Project Director Construction Ahmad Ali Shah and his teams for completing the schemes within the stipulated time, and directed construction teams to maintain high standards of workmanship and strict compliance with safety regulations. Ahmad Ali Shah said the directorate was working in a coordinated manner under the chief executive’s guidance, and that its foremost priority was to complete every project to prescribed quality and safety standards so that consumers felt the benefit as early as possible.
Two caveats are worth stating plainly. First, the report does not name the 19 Jhang villages, so residents should not assume their own village is among them without checking with their local FESCO office or subdivision. Second, completing a project and delivering a reliable supply are not quite the same thing: new lines still need maintenance, and the test for consumers will be whether voltage and continuity improve in the months ahead, particularly as winter demand patterns set in.
Even with those caveats, the September numbers are a concrete, verifiable piece of good news for the district’s power infrastructure — Rs106.88 million of completed work in a single month, with the largest single chunk going to deposit-funded schemes that customers themselves had asked for. For a district where power cuts and weak voltage are a regular complaint, completed projects are the part of the story that can actually be checked on the ground.
Source: Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) via UrduPoint, “FESCO Electrifies 119 Villages, Completes 173 Power Projects In September”, published 29 October 2026.
