National Transmission and Despatch Company

National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) has awarded a contract worth approximately Rs. 12.3 billion ($44.5 million) to a Siemens consortium for the construction of a 500/132kV grid station at Allama Iqbal Industrial City in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan's NTDC awarded a $8.1 million contract to Siemens Energy for design, supply and installation of augmentation works at the 220 kV Sumandari Road and Ghakkar substations, increasing capacity from 2x160 MVA to 2x250 MVA. The contract duration is 18 months.