ISLAMABAD, Aug 08 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt. Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Saturday that 85 percent work on 660kV Matiari-Lahore HVDC Transmission line project had been completed.
“The transmission line will evacuate power North-South and resolve one major issue,” he said in a tweet.
Asim Bajwa who is also Chairman CPEC Authority said the transmission line would have a capacity of evacuating 4000MW of electricity.
The line is 886 kilometers long and there are1972 towers along the line.
The cost of the project is $1.658 billion.
The project has also created over 2,212 direct jobs for locals.
