The New Jarwar – Sadiqabad 132kV transmission line subproject (the subproject) has been prepared by NTDC to transmit the power to be generated at Jarwar Power Plant by the Star Power Generation Limited Company (SPC), an independent power producer (IPP) in District Ghotki (Sindh Province), to the existing 132kV substation at Sadiqabad in District Rahimyar Khan (Punjab Province), by constructing a 63.8 km long 132 kV double circuit transmission line.
Some 29 ha of land for the Power Plant was purchased by SPC on a voluntary sale basis in April 2005, and not acquired using eminent domain under the Land Acquisition Act, this Short LARP, therefore, does not include the Power Plant component.
The new transmission line includes a 45.19 km long section through Ghotki district and an 18.65 km section through Rahimyar Khan district.
In total, the line will traverse 62.25 km of partially cultivated private land and 1.59 km of uncultivated Government land. As a result, a total of 162.26 ha of cropped area and 98 trees (22 fruit and 76 wood trees) will be affected.
The subproject will impact 180 affected households (AHs) with a population of 2,083.
None of the AHs lose 10% or more of productive assets or are relocated, and in accordance with this minor impact, a Short LARP has been prepared.