330MW HPPs in KP to start production in two years

Secretary Energy and Power Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mohammad Zubair has said that work is under way on three hydropower projects in Swat. The projects of 330megawatt capacity will start production in next two years He expressed these views during his visit to ongoing hydropower projects including 84MW Matiltan, 88MW Gabral Kalam, 40-kilometer long 132/220kW transmission line project sites and the 36.6MW Daral Khor Hydropower Plant affected by the recent flood. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Provincial Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) Habibullah, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Swat Saleem Jan also accompanied him. The Secretary said that construction work has also been accelerated on laying a 40-kilometer-long transmission line on the Swat corridor, which will be completed next year, with the completion of which cheap electricity will be sold to the industrial sector of the province.