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Nandipur: Khawaja Asif says power project would be completed soon

Asif said that machinery of Nandipur power project could not be run to full capacity of 425MW due to technical faults

APP September 10, 2015

The fuel treatment plant can produce a mere 250MW electricity, instead of its original capacity of 425MW.

ISLAMABAD:

Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khawaja Mohammad Asif said that the Nandipur power project would be completed soon, adding that its administration would be made accountable.

Asif said that the machinery of Nandipur power project could not be run to its full capacity of 425MW due to technical faults in the fuel treatment plant that was purchased by the previous government. “When the reliability test run of the plant was conducted in June, we came to know that the fuel treatment plant can produce a mere 250MW electricity, instead of its original capacity of 425MW,” said Asif.

Pakistan electric power company’s engineers are working to enhance the generation capacity of the project, he added

“The contract of the operational maintenance of the plant would be given through a transparent procedure.” He added that he would be able to announce the definite time period for the completion of the project in a few days.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2015.

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COMMENTS (4)

Pakistan is alive | 9 years ago | Reply khadim-e-ala has never taken any blame in the past including the model town massacre. Why should he take any blame for his usual illcrafted, hasty decisions including The Nandipur project, his problem is that he is the "know it all" type and doesn't listen to anyone.

d | 9 years ago | Reply problem and challenges are part of any project. they will be resolved. if there are no projects then there are no problems. we are confident that with glaring media watching, vibrant civil society and determination of fed gov, these problems will be fixed and plant will valuable MW to national grid inshallah

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ishrat salim | 9 years ago | Reply Mr Khawaja, the fuel treatment plant was part of the package that was ordered & purchased by your Punjab govt, so please do not put the blame on PPP govt. You all are responsible for the mess & answerable to Allah swt, do not forget. Please have some fear of Allah swt. This plant is supposed to run on furnace oil but the engineers were forced to run it on diesel, that is why it is damaged, although SS & the power ministry including Abid Sb was informed of the consequences, but due to load shedding pressure, they were forced to run on diesel & the consequence is the plant is SHUT, & those poor engineers will get the kick like PSO officials during last Ramadan power breakdown, yet PML N supporters will remain in the state of denial. Solar PP will also see the same fate.

Salik | 9 years ago | Reply Full faith in PMLn government to deliver. they have on all other fronts.

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