A House of Representatives legislative committee on Wednesday, June 9, ordered the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and the China-based contractor of the New Centennial Water Source Kaliwa Dam to cease and desist from “initiating or performing” any construction activity on the P12.2 billi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29th (Gwadar Pro) - Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the domestic economy has been sluggish, and every industry has been attacked at varying degrees. In spite of this, the construction of domestic power transmission and transformation projects has made significant progress with the support of Chinese enterprises in 2020.
After 2 years of preparing and constructing, the Matiari to Lahore ±660kV HVDC Transmission Line Project was completed in November. The project was expected to be completed in 2021, and its actual commissioning date is one year ahead of schedule.
Matiari to Lahore ±660kV HVDC Transmission Line Project was signed on 2018 May 14th and started constructing on December 1st of the same year. The project, with a capacity of 4 megawatts and an annual capacity of about 35 billion kilowatt-hours, fills a technical gap in Pakistan s HVDC sector and creates 5,000 - 7, 000 local jobs.