Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of 1230 MW LNG power project in Jhang on Friday (tomorrow).
According to PM House sources, Premier Nawaz Sharif besides laying foundation stone of LNG power project in Haveli Bahadur Shah area of Jhang will also address a ceremony in connection with the event. Federal Minister for Defence and Water & Power, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister of the State, Abid Sher Ali and other senior officials will accompany the PM during the visit.
The Ministry of Water and Power has said that the LNG power project with production capacity of 1230 Mega Watt will be completed in 2017. Per MW cost of the project will be $4,88,000 while in accordance with the estimates of NEPRA per MW cost of the LNG power is $7,91,000 and therefore, the said project will save $3,03,000 on per MW cost.