8 under development water, hydropower activities to further develop power supply in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1 – Secretary WAPDA Fakharuzzaman Ali Cheema said after the fruition of eight under-development water and hydropower projects, the remainder water limit of the nation will increment from 30 to 45 days with an expansion of 9.7 million section of land feet water capacity and hydel power age will be multiplied to 18,000MW with an increment of 9,043MW.
He said that the nation is executing the greatest ever arrangement of improvement projects in water and hydropower areas planned to be finished from 2024 to 2029 in a staged way for water, food, and energy security of Pakistan.
The secretary WAPDA was informing a designation of PAF Air War School Karachi during their visit to Wapda House recently.
The undertakings incorporate Diamer Basha Dam, Mohmand Dam, Dasu (Stage-I), Kurram Tangi Dam (Stage-I), Nai Gaj Dam, Kachhi Channel Expansion, Tarbela fifth Augmentation Task and More prominent Karachi Bul Water Supply Plan (K-IV).
Every one of the eight activities are working under the Chinese workers for hire. Out of these eight ventures, Dasu Dam and Diamer Basha Dam Tasks falls under the China-Pakistan Financial Passage (CPEC). While Kachhi Channel Augmentation project is completed along these lines as CPEC.
Pakistan can store just 10pc of its yearly waterway streams against the world normal of 40pc. Be that as it may, finishing under-development activities would assist with working on the water and hydel power circumstance.
