100 MW from Nandipur power plant added to national grid

ISLAMABAD: The first unit of Nandipur Power Plant project has been completed in seven months and it has started electricity production.

According to a spokesman of the Nandipur Power Plant, initially 100 megawatt of electricity produced from the project has been added to the national grid.

He said Nandipur power project with the capacity of 425 MW was initiated seven months ago.

In a press briefing, Managing Director (MD) Power Projects Management Unit Muhammad Mahmood Nandipur said that the power project has four units.

He said adding that more than 60 percent physical work on the second 95.4 MW unit had already been accomplished and hopefully it will start generation in July while the project would be completed by December and the last unit will generate 134 MW electricity.

The MD said that project would cost Rs 59 billion.

“We have managed to save Rs 7 billion so far. The project was delayed due to the policies of the previous government and also cost billions of rupees to the national exchequer”, he said.

The MD said this project was completed in time, adding that efforts were being made to convert the project on gas and work on this programme would be carried out next year.