LAHORE: The National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has completed rehabilitation work of six collapsed towers of the 500kV Shikarpur-Dadu (circuit-II) transmission line near Larkana.

With the completion of the restoration work, the transmission line has been energised, supplying power from south to north.

According to a spokesman for the company, the pylons were damaged due to thunderstorms on July 6 in the area. However, the company managed to ensure power supply to the affected areas through alternative sources in a bid to avoid load hedding during Eid holidays.

“Soon after receiving the incident reports, a team was mobilised to begin repair work. The team along with contractors carried out rehabilitation work of the affected towers day and night and completed it in a record period of 11 days despite bad weather conditions,” he said.

He said the NTDC management had appreciated the efforts of its Hyderabad-based Asset Management wing (South) for early completion of the rehabilitation work.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2022