SIALKOT: Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar will inaugurate the Marala hydropower project near here on Monday (today).
The hydropower project has been established at Upper Chenab Canal near Head Marala Barrage over River Chenab with a total cost of Rs3.98 billion with the supervision of the Chinese engineers.
The project has a maximum power generation capacity of 7.64 megawatts with four turbines of 1.9 megawatts capacity each. The turbines made operational after successful tests conducted under the joint supervision of Chinese and Pakistani engineers, concerned officials said.
The engineers will give a detailed briefing to the Punjab chief minister about the hydropower project during the inauguration ceremony.
The power plant would produce 50.3 million units electricity annually and was linked with the national grid.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project having 969 megawatts power generation capacity was also completed and operationalized this year.
The hydropower project has four power generating units, individually with a generation capacity of 242.25 MW each.
The first unit of the project was commissioned in April 2018, followed by the rest three units coming into operation, each after one month’s gap.
The government is focusing on the eco-friendly power generation in the country.
The arot Hydropower Station, the first hydropower investment project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has entered the stage of comprehensive construction.
According to Chinese media, the construction of the project has begun.
The hydropower station located in the Karot area of Punjab province is the first hydropower station constructed by Chinese enterprises following Chinese standards.
The project will generate clean power of 3.2 billion KW-hours each year after it is completed, which is enough to supply power to over two million households and is expected to begin operation in 2021.
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