NTDC issues default notice to Chinese firm.

ISLAMABAD -- The national grid operator - National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) - issued notice of default to a Chinese firm for inordinate delays in the completion of a 45-km transmission line near Lahore.

In a notice of default, the NTDC has conveyed to SinAoAhydro Corp Ltd that the scheduled completion for the 220kV transmission line was April 24, 2021 (ie 540 days from the effective date of Nov 1, 2019) which had lapsed a long time ago but the performance was still not up to the mark even after the delay of more than three years.

The NTDC said that the contractor had shown a non-serious attitude towards such an important project from the start of the project. 'Even more than 41 months have lapsed since the commencement of the project but 'you are not carrying out the contractual obligations including the site activities'.

This 'situation is very alarming' and hence 'a matter of grave concern', said the NTDC, advising the contractor to take immediate remedial steps within 14 days of this notice to complete the project well in time. 'Otherwise, the employer...