Rs100b for power good sign for country's future

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the allocation of more than Rs. 100 billion in the budget 2009-10 for ongoing and new projects was a good sign for future of the country especially for ensuring provision of electricity to all.
Talking of ongoing projects being completed in this year, the Minister said that a seventeen power projects in thermal, hydro, rental and coal power generation sector having installed capacity 3102 MW would be completed by the end of this year.
The completion of these projects would help reduce loadshedding in the country with the addition of 3102 MW to the national grid, the Minister said.
Two of the seventeen projects namely Orient Power Project of 225 MW and Atlas Power Project of 225 MW are scheduled to start functioning within two weeks, he told APP.
It may be mentioned here that all the seventeen power projects being completed are Atlas Power Project 225 MW first week of June 2009, Orient Power Project 225 MW last week of May 2009, Rental Plant at Faisalabad 150 MW July 2009, Rental Plant at Guddu 110 MW August 2009, Rental Plant at Sahuwala 150 MW September 2009, Rental Plant at Multan 192 MW September 2009, Rental Plant at Satiana Road 200 MW September 2009, Karkey Rental Project 232 MW September 2009, Walters Rental Project 205 MW September 2009, Gulf Power Rental Project 62 MW December 2009, Independent Power Rental Project 200 MW December 2009, Khan Khawar (Hydro Power Project) 72 MW September 2009, Fauji Mari Power Project 202 MW Sept 2009, Nishat Power Project 200 MW July 2009, Muridka (Sapphare) Power Project 225 MW October 2009, Engro Power Project 227 MW December 2009 and Sahiwal (Saif) Power Project 225 MW October 2009.
However, ten more power projects in hydel and thermal sector having installed capacity 1984 MW will be completed in the next year from January to December, the Minister said.
Projects are Jinnah Low Head Hydel 96 MW February 2010, Nishat Chunian Project 200 MW March 2009, HUBCO-Narowal Project 225 March 2010, Allai Khwar (Hydro Power Project) 121 MW September 2010, Duber Khwar (Hydro Power Project) 130 MW October 2010, Bhikki Power Project 225 MW December 2010, Nandipur Power Project 425 MW December 2010, Liberty Power Tech 200 MW December 2010, Japan Expansion Project 156 MW, December 2010, Green Power Project 205 MW, December 2010.