Staff Reporter
Lahore
National Engineering Services Pakistan Pvt Limited (NESPAK), in collaboration with National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), hosted an international symposium on “Polluted Insulators in Various Severe Service Conditions” on Wednesday at a local hotel in Lahore which was attended by renowned international experts along with insulator and silicone coating manufactures. The conference began with the welcome address by Mr. Wajahat Saeed Rana, Deputy Managing Director, NTDC followed by the opening remarks by Dr. Tahir Masood, Managing Director NESPAK.
The main purpose of this event was to come up with solutions and strategies to cope up with the challenges faced by high voltage transmission network of Pakistan which is mostly confronted with diverse problems of severe industrial and marine pollution in south and high lightning and ice conditions in north. The event especially focused on the envisaged transmission lines for power evacuation from upcoming Bhasha Dam and other hydropower projects in the north and the preventive steps required to be taken in order to overcome the incidents of trippings arising out of severe service conditions in south.
Eminent experts and speakers from all over the world including Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Canada read papers along with making presentations and afterwards took part in the interactive session and shared their knowledge and valuable research in the field of HVAC and HVDC insulators and silicone coating techniques. Shields were distributed among the speakers as a gesture of gratitude for their scholarly presentations and hard work.
The session ended with concluding remarks from Mr. Anees Ahmad, Manager Design NTDC and Mr. Nadeem Ashraf, General Manager/Head, P&M Division, NESPAK who appreciated the hard work of all the event organizers and sponsors. Valuable contributions were made by Mr. Raouf Znaidi, T&D Consultant from Tunisia, and Mr. Shakir Hafeez, General Manger, Transmission Line, NESPAK in making this event, a success. Special acknowledgement was given to foreign delegates for visiting Pakistan and participating in the event. Mr. Nadeem Ashraf added that upon return to their native countries, the foreign visitors would surely enlighten their fellow country folks that Pakistan was a safe place to visit with hospitable and friendly people and dispel the false notions about travelling to Pakistan being propagated through media.
