Pak provides Chinese firm with two chunks of land for CPEC power project

TIL Desk/World/Lahore-Two chunks of land, measuring 175 acres each have been provided to a Chinese company by the Government of Pakistan for the USD1.57 billion Matiari-Lahore 660kV High Voltage Direct Current transmission line power project.

The China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company Ltd (CET), a company owned by the State Grid Corporation of China, has been given possession of these land after the National Transmission Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) acquired it from landowners.

Of these lands, one is located about 50kilometres from Lahore near Balloki, Bhaipheru, and the second one is situated within the jurisdiction of Matiari, a small town in country’s Hyderabad district. The Matiari-Lahore transmission line will have the capacity to transmit about 4,000MW of power and is the country’s first mega the direct current (DC) project.

The power project is a part of the USD 51 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The project’s civil work is expected to be inaugurated in March this year as preparatory work on the part of the contractor is still underway.