Pakistan project 391-0162 · 1970 · energy

LOAN AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) PROVIDED TO GOVT OF PAKISTAN (GOP) TO PROVIDE THE GREATER CHITTAGONG AREA WITH SUFFICIENT, RELIABLE POWER BY EXPANDING CHITTAGONG'S POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PROJECT WILL DEVELOP WITHIN THE EAST PAKISTANWATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (EPWAPDA) AN ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THE CHITTAGONG POWER SYSTEM. US CONSULTANTS WILL: 1) CONDUCT STUDIES SUCH AS LOAD FORECASTS AND VOLTAGE DROPS FOR USE IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; 2) STANDARDIZE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND OPERATION SYSTEMS; 3) CONTINUE SYSTEMS MAPPING AND RECORD KEEPING; 4) ESTABLISH STORAGE PROCEDURES AND COMPUTERIZE INVENTORY RECORDS; 5) DEVELOP PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES; 6) STREAMLINE CHITTAGONG ELECTRIC SUPPLY (CES) MANAGEMENT/ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; 7) OPERATE THE GREATER CHITTAGONG POWER SYSTEM. ACTIVITIES WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THOSE OF EPWAPDA. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRANSMISSION LINES, BUILDING SUBSTATIONS AND RENOVATING OLD SUBSTATIONS. A 5-MILE SINGLE CIRCUIT AROUND CHITTAGONG THROUGH MADANHAT SUBSTATION WILL PROVIDE MORE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY AND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FEEDS TO SUBSTATIONS AT LOAD CENTERS. 7 MILES OF DOUBLE CIRCUIT WILL ALLOW LOOPING OF 1 CIRC

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAD-168-B1 (1970). The source's own text.