Govt allocates Rs72,255mn for power division

Updated 27 Apr, 2018

According to the budgetary documents, an amount of Rs.65,099.054 million has been earmarked for ongoing 47 hydel projects while Rs.7,156 million for 18 new schemes in the PSDP 2018-19. For ongoing schemes, the government has specified Rs.5,100 million for 500 KV Islamabad West, Rs,3000 million for 500 KV Faisalabad New, Rs.2,100 million for 220 kV Mirpur Khas, Rs.3,000 million for construction of 500 KV Transmission Line (Guddu), Rs.1,500 million for Extension of Existing grid stations,, Rs.27,108.481 million for installation of 2x600 MW coal fired power project (Jamshoro), Rs.1,100 million for interconnection of scheme for import of power from CASA-1000, Rs.1466.130 million for power distribution enhancement project (LESCO), Rs 1, 000 million for reinforcement of existing 220 kV Guddu-Uch- Sibi single circuit transmission.

For new schemes, a sum of Rs.2,000 million has been allocated for interconnection of isolated Makran network at Bisma, Rs.1000 million evacuation of power from Dasu HPP stage-1 and Rs.550 million for evacuation of power from Tarbela 5th extension project.

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