Transmission line energized
LAHORE: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) is completing its ongoing projects on the fast track with the best utilization of resources despite Covid-19 pandemic, says a company spokesperson here Saturday.
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In a later development in this connection, the construction of 38 kilometers long 500 kV double circuit quad bundle transmission line consists of 126 towers for Looping in and out 500 kV single circuit, Haveli Bahadur Shah-Gatti Circuit-II at 500 kV Grid Station Faisalabad West has been successfully energized on load on May 22. The NTDC spokesman has said that the transmission line is transmitting power from Haveli Bahadur Shah power plant to 500 kV grid station Gatti (Faisalabad) via under construction 500 kV Grid Station Faisalabad West. The spokesman further said that construction work at 500 kV Grid Station Faisalabad West is also being completed at a fast pace. The completion of the project will yield to tackle the increasing demand for electricity of domestic, industrial, commercial, and agriculture consumers. While updating about the completion of another task on a war footing, the spokesman said that the NTDC team has also completed the installation/erection work of a collapsed tower of 500 kV Rawat- Neelum Jhelum transmission line and the said transmission line has been energized successfully. NTDC Managing Director Engr Dr. Khawaja Riffat Hassan has appreciated the efforts of NTDC teams for completing both these tasks by working day and night during the coronavirus pandemic, especially in Eid holidays.