PM inaugurates first unit of Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formally inaugurated the first unit of Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP) in Azad Kashmir capable of producing 242MW electricity.
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Neelum-Jhelum project to become functional in April 2018
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Muzzamal Hussain on Saturday said Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project will become fully operational in April next year.
“First unit of the project will start production of electricity by February next year,” he said in a meeting with President Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan in Islamabad.
He said 80 percent work on the transmission line of Neelum-Jhelum Project has been completed.
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Neelum-Jhelum expected to generate power by 2015 end
Mirpur: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said that the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)-based Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project an important one for generation of low-cost and environment-friendly electricity in the country.
“The government is making concrete efforts towards completion the project of national significance on time,” said Ali during his visit to the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum project in AJK.
He said that the country possessed an identified potential of more than 60,000 MW of hydropower generation,…