Rs7.5bn approved for setting up 8 new grid stations

SIALKOT, April 15 (APP): The federal government has approved Rs 7.5 billion GEPCO grant for establishing eight new grid stations in the region.

GEPCO Chief Executive Chaudhry Muhammad Akram disclosed it to the media here on Saturday.

He said that under the mega project, Gepco would set up new grid stations during the next five years. Also 179-km long new electricity  lines would be laid and 190-km long other lines would be replaced.

He said that 32 grid stations would also be upgraded in the region.