Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is currently visiting Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project.
92% construction work has been completed on the project, involving extensive tunnels excavation work in one of the hardest terrains.
The first unit of Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project will start electricity generation by the end of February next year while the second unit in mid-March, whereas the third and the fourth unit will be completed in April next year.
The strategically important 969 MW-Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project will mark a major milestone towards its completion, as the excavation of about 68-kilometer long tunnels system of the project will stand completed, when the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) deployed on the project will break through the Right Headrace Tunnel.
With this significant development, the waterway system of the project will enter the final phase which is scheduled to be completed in seven months. Thereafter, the tunnels will be ready to divert water from Dam site to Power House.
