China will invest 1.5 billion dollars in High Voltage, Direct Current (HVDC ) Transmission Line between Matiari and Lahore.
The transmission line will link north-south National Grid with a capacity to transmit 4,000MWs.
An agreement to this connection was signed in Beijing in the State Guest House Beijing the other day between Secretary Water and Power Mohammad Younus Dagha and Chairman State Grid of China.
The HVDC will be the first such high capacity transmission line in Pakistan.
