The Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project has started providing electricity
to the national grid on trial basis.
Th
e first unit of the project is currently generating 60MW and will generate 242MW to its full capacity in the next two days.
Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project, located in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, is s
cheduled to be inaugurated on April 13. The project has four units with cumulative generation capacity of 969MW. Th
e first unit has started electrici
ty generation followed by the second, third and fourth units at one month interval respectively.
The project is an engineering marvel with 90% of the project being underground in the
high mountain areas. The project will provide about five billion low-cost hydroelectricity units
to the national grid every year. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs 55 billion.
Published in Daily Times, April 10th 2018.
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