969MW project shut after damage detected

Power Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on July 6, 2022. (PID)

July 7: Dawn reported that amid countrywide electricity shortages, the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydro­power project, completed at an estimated approved cost of about Rs508bn, has been closed due to major cracks in its tailrace tunnel. Read more I