ABB to establish Nine grid stations for KESC

Karachi: Nine grid stations of 132KV will be established by ASEA BROWN BOVERI (ABB) a power transmission and distribution equipment producing company, at a cost of $60 million for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) to reduce the electricity shortage in the city. The project will be completed by year 2008-09.

At a seminar held here on Thursday ABB Chief Executive Officer Farhat Ali said, the grid stations would be set up at Korangi, Jail road, Airport Jail road, Azizabad, Pakistan Refinery, Memon Goth, Gulshan-e-Mymar, Mehmudabad and Tipu Sultan road. The construction work had been initiated by August 2007 and currently it is in it's final phase.

He further added that the basic aim of the seminar and exhibition organised by ABB is to spread awareness among the engineers and people concerned regarding the modern technologies.