Energy Panjgur
Fuel wood and kerosene oil is mainly used for cooking and heating while diesel is used to run tubewells. Kerosene oil is used for illumination, also as electricity supply is scarce. All most all the kerosene oil, diesel and petrol comes from Iran through cross-border trade. As this trade is in violation of the country laws, record of total import of this kind is not available. This imported fuel is sent to the neighbouring districts as well. The price difference in Iranian and Pakistani petroleum products is significant and vigilance on cross-border trade is not at par, therefore this illegal trade flourishes well. One litre of petrol is available for 11 rupees, of diesel for 6 rupees and that of kerosene oil for 12 rupees. The only Pakistani petroleum product being sold in the district to some extent is diesel because it is without any contamination hence good for motor vehicles. The consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is increasing, mainly for cooking. Electricity, where available, is mainly used for light. Only two tubewells have yet been provided electricity supply connections.
As there is no forest in the district therefore fuel wood comes from Kech, Kharan, and Awaran districts. The price of fuel wood is increasing; at present 40 kilograms of fuel wood cost rupees one hundred. Regular electricity supply is needed in the area as it may help in running more tubewells for irrigation. It may also increase viewership of television which is a major source of social change. The regular provision of power supply will surely encourage shopkeepers at Chitkan to keep their shops open in the late hours.