“This grid is being set up at the best location to link up with India after the government decides on electricity import, as the site is adjacent to the Grand Trunk (GT) Road and a few kilometres from Wahga border,” said Rasul Khan Mehsud, Managing Director of Pakistan Electric Power Company and NTDC while talking to The Express Tribune.
The area houses various industries including steel re-rolling mills, cottage industry, spare parts manufacturers, flour mills and cold storages and power supply there usually gets disrupted during peak hours.
Latest equipment, which is being used in Europe, would be installed on the new grid to minimise electricity wastage and ensure supply without any interruption in case of voltage fluctuation, Mehsud said. The project, expected to be completed in May next year, will cost an estimated Rs1.5 billion, of which Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has loaned 903.94 million yen (Rs782.64 million) while NTDC has arranged Rs478.32 million.
To connect the Shalimar grid with Ravi grid, NTDC is laying power transmission lines over 9.5 km for which 40 pylons (towers) have been set up.
Following worsening of electricity shortage, Mehsud visited India a couple of months ago and held talks with energy officials for import of 500 megawatts in the first phase. However, the issue has lingered on and the government has not yet taken a final decision.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 23rd, 2011.
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The Pakistanis like to have masters, not partners. So they prefer Chinese to Indians.
@Sajid Iqbal: India blocks our water.....you mean to say that either there is Pakistani water in India or India come to Pakistan to manipulate Pakistani water. In either argument your are accepting India's superiority..
This is not a very good move. India does not have surplus electricity. People of Pakistan do not know that India's Punjab has more power cuts than Pakistan's Punjab. Pakistan is not fully democratic compared to India. In Indian Punjab, the main election issue would be to stop " Export of Electricity" to Pakistan. If North India has surplus BIJLI, than there is no harm in sharing it with Pakistan.
Such a move shows Lack of intelligence and failure in leadership to get to the core of the problem and solution. LOLzzzz
Quiet ironic. India blocks our water to generate electricity and now it is selling back to us.
Why bring the fox to gaurd the hen pen? Electricity from India is one brainless move. . . . LOL
lol...smart move by pak govt!!
Why India?? So, India can one day also cut of the electricity when it wants to! Where is commonsense? or is about money?
@PiTaIi Hoyegi: Because china had offered unlimited electricity for 500Rs. from every house monthly and that would have resulted in no commission. As Zalim Sigh as has said " Good Business"
But kashmir issue is still not resolved... Where is mr.hafiz saeed????
Let the business community enter electricity generation. You will see we will soon be exporting electricity!!
good business
Why can't we import 5000MW of electricity from China instead and solve all the power problems?