Bilawal Bhutto inaugurates gas power plant at Nooriabad

Bilawal Bhutto inaugurates gas power plant at Nooriabad
KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated a 2x50mw gas-fired power plant at Nooriabad here on Wednesday.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the plant, he congratulated the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for installing 100 mw power plant despite serious hindrances, said a statement issued here.

The CM, addressing on the occasion, congratulated the people of the province and said that Sindh has launched its first major power project along with its transmission line.

Murad said that this power plant was conceived by the then president Asif Ali Zardari and it was planned to install on the abandoned gas fields.

When the project was near its completion the HESCO refused to purchase power saying that it had surplus power for the area of its operation.