The Ministry of Finance on Monday released Rs 10 billion to Ministry of Water and Power to ease the load shedding in the country. This information was given to the Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso during a high-level meeting held at the Prime Minister House to discuss the overall energy situation in the country.
The prime minister directed that all formalities pertaining to generation and production of 56.4 MW wind power project installed at Jhampir by the Turkish company Zorlu Energy Group, be completed without delay and it be connected to the national grid system within 48 hours.
Khoso ordered immediate activation of the wind power project which has been completed by the Turkish company and awaited connection to the national grid. HESCO CEO Muzaffar Abbasi informed the meeting that transmission lines have been laid out and are ready to transmit electricity from the wind mill project to the national grid.