Minister inaugurates 500kv DG Khan Grid Station

Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali inaugurated newly constructed 500Kv DG Khan Grid Station along with 30-Km long 500Kv Transmission Line by NTDC on Wednesday. He said present government is focusing on improvement and up-gradation of electricity transmission system along with the power generation through all available resources.
According to him, the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) have expedited the up-gradation of electricity transmission and distribution system in compliance with Prime Minister's directives to facilitate the smooth injection of additional power generation. He said this grid station and transmission line has been completed with the cost of Rs 4,500 million and is envisaged both for southern Punjab and Balochistan to meet with the growing power demand. Earlier the MEPCO and QESCO networks had long Transmission Lines, which were causing low voltage problems along with forced load shedding in both provinces. Completion of this project would not only enhance the transmission system capacity and system reliability of existing MEPCO and QESCO system networks but also act as bridge between Punjab and Balochistan.
The 500Kv DG Khan Grid Station will feed 132KV Grid Stations of DG Khan (Sakhi Sarwar, Choti, Daajal and Jampur) and will provide third alternate 220KV source to Balochistan Province through its 132KV Grid Stations of Loralai, Pishin, Qilla Saifullah, Muslimbagh, Khanozai, Harnai and Zhob Districts including Duki, Sinjavi, Mekhter, Kingri, Rakhni and Zhob. It will also help to meet load growth, line losses and forced load shedding along with improvement in voltage profile and system reliability in said areas.
While appreciating the efforts of NTDC engineers and its staff, Abid Sher Ali added that apart from completion of 500Kv DG Khan Grid station, NTDC has completed/constructed series of grid stations both at 220Kv grid station Khuzdar and 220Kv Ghazi Grid Station Lahore in June 2014 along with 220Kv Okara Grid Stations in July this year. Recently, NTDC has also installed huge transformers of 250MVA at 220Kv Bund Road Lahore and 160MVA at 220Kv Grid station Mardan. Hence, the government is all out to overcome the menace of load shedding and to provide relief and uninterrupted power supply to consumers, he added.