The Prime Minister had tasked the newly appointed chairman WAPDA to speed up execution of crucially significant hydro power projects; meeting the deadlines set for their completion. The Chairman WAPDA said, "The left tunnel connection of the project was completed by October 23, 2016 while the right tunnel connection will be completed by April 30, 2017."
He informed that, "The project's dry test is scheduled for December 2017 while the wet test will be undertaken by February 2018 by generating electricity and start earning revenue of $15 million." "The second unit of Neelum Jhelum will be operational by March 15, 2018 while the 3rd and 4th unit by April 15, 2018," briefed the Chairman. The Chairman further briefed that speedy execution is underway on Kachhi Canal Project which consist of main canal and distribution system.
"The project will provide irrigation water to an area of 72, 000 acres in Dera Bugti, after its completion in August 2017," he added. "A total of 9,917 acres of land acquisition will be completed by May 2017 for the 2,160MW Dasu hydropower project," he said. He highlighted that, "Ground-breaking of main works on Dasu project by the Prime Minister will be performed in June this year and the project will be completed at cost of $4,300 million."
He further stated that, "The Golen Gol hydro project will produce electricity three times more than the requirements of Chitral." "This run of the river project is located on Golen Gol Nullah, a majority tributary of Mastuj River," Muzammil Hussain said adding that the project will have a 3.8km long tunnel with an installed capacity of 108MW to be completed with a cost of Rs 29.077 billion by December 2017. He underscored that, "Tarbela 4th Extension Project will enhance the capacity of the project from 3,478 MW to 4, 888 MW and the first unit of the extension will be commissioned in December 2017."
Copyright News Network International, 2017