The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) and a Chinese company have agreed to upgrade transmission line.
Documents of the agreement were exchanged between two sides in Murree on Sunday. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif witnessed the agreement ceremony. Under the agreement, the transmission line will be upgraded for transmission of 900 megawatt of solar energy from Quaid-e-AzamSolarPark.
Earlier, a group of Chinese investors called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Murree on Sunday. They discussed ways to boost cooperation in the energy sector. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said the whole world had been amazed at the great Chinese investment worth 46 billion dollars in Pakistan. He said 10400 megawatts of electricity would be added to the national grid by the end of 2017.
The Chinese investors appreciated the dynamic role being played by the Punjab chief minister in further strengthening the all weather and time-tested Pak-China friendship. A delegation of Shanghai Electric Corporation China and Global Mining Company also called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Murree on Sunday.
