Neelum-Jhelum Project: Excavation of tunnel to end by May 5

LAHORE: The 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project will mark a major milestone on May 5 towards its completion, as excavation of about 68-kilometre long tunnels system of the project will stand completed, when the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed on the project will break through the Right Headrace Tunnel. With this significant development, the water way system of the project will enter the final phase, which is scheduled to be completed in seven months. Thereafter, the tunnels will be ready to divert water from dam site to power house. The first unit of Neelum-Jhelum power project will start electricity generation by the end of February 2018, the second unit in mid-March, whereas the third and the fourth units will be completed in April 2018.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2017.

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