The Prime Minister says he would present power policy within 20 days in an address to nation.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif inspected various parts of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydel Power Project on Wednesday.

He directed the concerned authorities to speed up the pace of work on the project to save the people from load shedding.

The PM was apprised the Rs274.882 billion Neelum-Jehlum power project would have the capacity of generating 969 MW power.

The Power House of the project is located in the Chattar Kalass which is 22 kms south of Muzaffarabad. Installed capacity of the project is 969 MW comprising four units of 240 MW each.

The Prime Minister was given a briefing on the project during his visit to the site of Neelum-Jehlum hydro Power Project.

The original cost of the project was Rs130 billion but the revised PC-1 cost of the project was put at Rs274.882 billion as it has escalated due to change in design and machinery requirement owing to the earthquake of 2005.

Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif‚ Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervez Rashid and Shaukat Tarin accompanied the Prime Minister on his first ever visit to any ongoing development/infrastructure project in the country after assuming his office.

President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan‚ Prime Minister AJ&K Ch. Abdul Majeed and former Prime Minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider received the Prime Minister at the site of the project.

Later‚ talking to newsmen‚ the Prime Minister said he would present power policy within twenty days in an address to nation. He said despite financial constraints‚ necessary resources would be made available for power projects.

Mian Nawaz Sharif said a government team would proceed to China on 24th of this month for talks on Gwadar-Kashghar railway link.

Replying to a question he said the government would tackle the issue of terrorism by creating employment opportunities and reducing poverty and ignorance.