{"id":8745,"date":"2016-12-31T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T04:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=8745"},"modified":"2016-12-31T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T04:59:26","slug":"china-to-help-build-4000-mw-power-transmission-line-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/china-to-help-build-4000-mw-power-transmission-line-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"China to help build 4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:China would invest $1.5 billion in HVDC (High Voltage, Direct Current) Transmission Line between Matiari and Lahore.<br \/>\nAn agreement to this effect was signed in Beijing on Friday between Secretary Water and Power Mohammad Younus Dagha and Chairman State Grid of China.<br \/>\nThe signing ceremony was held in the State Guest House Beijing and witnessed by Federal Ministers and Chief Ministers of Sindh, KP, Balochistan and GB along with the senior Chinese Officials.<br \/>\nThe transmission line will link north-south National Grid with a capacity to transmit 4,000MWs. It will be the first such high capacity transmission line in Pakistan.<br \/>\nConstruction will begin in January, and should take about 20 months, said a spokesman for the Pakistani prime minister\u2019s office.<br \/>\nPakistan has been plagued by a shortage of electricity for years, with widespread rolling blackouts in both rural and urban areas.<br \/>\nThe government has managed to reduce load shedding &#8211; scheduled power outages &#8211; in some areas, but production gaps and distribution woes remain.<br \/>\nThe project is the latest in a series of big Chinese investments, most of which fall under a planned $55 billion worth of projects for a China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).<br \/>\nThe corridor is a combination of power and infrastructure projects that link western China to Pakistan\u2019s southern port of Gwadar.<br \/>\nOther Chinese investment in Pakistan has included the acquisition of a majority stake by Shanghai Electric of the K-Electric power production and distribution company for $1.8 billion.<br \/>\nLast week, a Chinese-led consortium bought a 40 percent stake of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)\u00a0for an estimated $85 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:China would invest $1.5 billion in HVDC (High Voltage, Direct Current) Transmission Line between Matiari and Lahore. An agreement to this effect was signed in Beijing on Friday between Secretary Water and Power Mohammad Younus Dagha and Chairman State Grid of China. 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