ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Energy Engr Khurram Dastgir Khan on Thursday visited the Jhimpir Wind Corridor for inspection of transmission towers affected by the rainfall and extreme weather conditions due to Cyclone Biparjoy. The affected transmission towers caused a disruption of 60MW. The minister visited the area for inspection and got in touch with the teams to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

Jhimpir-II grid station is functioning as per normal schedule and 134MW are being supplied to the national grid. The minister took notice of the situation for immediate repair. The repair teams have been deployed and the towers will be back in functioning within three days. The towers will be separated from the tangled wires and then will be brought back to functioning. He assured instant relief measures and precautionary strategy in this advent of cyclone. The entire visit of Sindh is directed towards the relief measures and counter strategy of Cyclone Biparjoy.

The Minister for Energy further said that the Power Division will work to provide relief and power supply in the same way as it worked in the emergency situation of 2022 floods. He informed the people that the mechanism of Jhimpir Wind Corridor shuts down automatically in case of wind velocity higher than a certain limit. Jhimpir in emergency situation will be saved from damage.