close
Friday April 19, 2024

PM Abbasi breaks ground for 1263MW LNG power plant

The Punjab Power Plant would be fueled by the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) that would generate 810MW in its first phase to be completed in around 14 months.

By APP
December 09, 2017


JHANG: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday performed the groundbreaking of Punjab Power Plant here to produce 1263 megawatt of electricity as another step forward towards load-shedding free Pakistan.

The prime minister was accompanied by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif as they unveiled the plaque to launch work on the project being executed in Haveli Bahadur Shah area of Jhang District.

The Punjab Power Plant would be fueled by the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) that would generate 810MW in its first phase to be completed in around 14 months.

The second phase of the project would complete in 26 months to produce total 1263MW of electricity.