Wapda, Chinese firm sign contract for transmission line at Dasu

LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Friday signed an agreement with the Power Construction Corporation of China for the construction of 132kV transmission line from Duber-Khwar Hydel Power Station to Dasu for uninterrupted power supply, a statement said.
The contract worth Rs1.583 billion includes procurement, design, supply, installation, stringing, testing and commissioning of 132kV single circuit transmission line from Duber-Khwar to Dasu and 132kV Grid Station at Dasu.
The transmission line and the grid station are scheduled to be completed in around eight months, it said.
The contract was signed between Wapda and Power Construction Corporation of China in a ceremony held at the WAPDA House.
Dasu Hydropower Project General Manager and Project Director Haji Muhammad Farooq and Power Construction Corporation of China Business Development Manager Liu Zhong signed the agreement on behalf of their organisations.
The Wapda chairman said it is all the more important that the transmission line is completed on schedule, so that the required quantum of electricity is made available when civil works of Dasu Hydropower Project starts, as well as to the local villages.
He expressed the hope the contractor will keep the timelines of the contract in view and complete it within the stipulated time, cost and standards.
In addition to facilitate construction of Dasu Hydropower Project, Wapda will also use the transmission line and the grid station to provide electricity to the local people, as its social corporate responsibility to improve the lifestyle of the people living in those far-flung areas, he said. The contractor assured Wapda of timely completion of the transmission line and the grid station.
Wapda Chairman Zafar Mahmood, Member (Water) Muhammad Shoaib Iqbal, Member (Power) Badrul Munir Murtiza, Member (Finance) Anwar-ul-Haq and other officers were also present on the occasion.