Murunj Dam Project to be constructed on Kaha Nullah, 116 km west of Rajanpur would generate 12 megawatt (MW) cheap and environmental-friendly electricity, while having the gross water storage of 800,000 acre feet. Kaha Nullah is one of the largest hill torrents of the Koh-i-Sulaiman Range located in the vicinity of Rajanpur with average annual inflows of 183,000 acre feet.…
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FESCO’s Board of Directors (BoD) has approved the purchase of new transformers, electricity poles, wires and other gadgets with an estimated cost of Rs 6.1 billion to improve power transmission and distribution system of the company. A spokesman for the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) said on Sunday the company had so far purchased 8200 new transformers, 8350 kilometers conductors…
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The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has reported a further drop of 40 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas in its system from two production fields, widening the gap between the demand and supply of the fuel in the current winter season to over 300mmcfd on Saturday. “SSGC is facing a cumulative drop of 40mmcfd from Bhit and…
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Detailed SOPs framed and implemented for many years for the traffic and snow clearance arrangements in Murree during the winter season seem to have been ignored by the Buzdar government. A copy of the nine-page SOPs, issued during the last government, envisaged a comprehensive joint action plan of all departments concerned with detailed mechanisms to ensure snow clearance and smooth…
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Nagpur Municipal Corporation produces Bio-CNG and green hydrogen from waste. This eliminates the need for the body to bear additional capital spending and operating or maintenance costs. Municipalities use approximately 1,050 metric tons of waste to extract Bio-CNG. NMC supplies a Dutch-based company with 1,000 MT of wet and dry waste daily, and the company purchases 25 acres of land…
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Close to two years after the launch of approved list of model and module manufacturers (ALMM) for supplies to solar projects, no Chinese manufacturer has been approved by the Indian government. To be on the list of approved supplier, a firm is required to undergo mandatory inspection of models and manufacturing sites.Chinese manufacturers told FE despite completing all the necessary…
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The Ministry of Industries and Production has failed to act against the officers found involved in the irregular goods procurement and appointments in the public sector Heavy Engineering Complex, Hattar Industrial Estate, three years ago. According to the report of an inquiry, whose copy is available with Dawn, the departmental audit committee detected in Nov 2019 the irregular goods procurement…
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CNG Association and owners of the gas stations on Friday termed the closure of gas stations in Abbottabad, Mansehra and other districts of the province as contempt of court and decided to move the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and respective district administrations for closing the pumps till January 20.…
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US natural gas futures rose almost 3% to a one-week high on Friday as a major winter storm blankets the Northeast in snow, driving overall gas demand to its highest in a day since hitting a record in 2019. As homes and businesses in New York and New England crank up their heaters to escape the freezing weather, next-day power…
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Another gas blast was reported in a nullah in Karachi s Shershah area on Friday. It is pertinent to mention here that on December 19, a terrible explosion took place at Shershah Paracha Chowk near the same location due to filling of gas in the drain, as a result of which 17 people were killed. On the other hand, during the…
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