Work on 2 Nuclear Power Plants in Karachi underway

MG News | June 30, 2017 at 02:22 PM GMT+05:00

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The work on two Karachi nuclear power projects with cumulative capacity of 2200 megawatts is underway.

The power plants are being completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects at a cost of over $9 billion. These power plants are expected to start producing electricity by the end of next year.

Similarly, work on 1320 Megawatts coal based power plants at port Qasim in Karachi, 1320 megawatts coal based power project in Thar coal field is also underway.

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