A major milestone has been reached at the 4320MW Dasu hydropower project currently under construction in #Pakistan, with river diversion successfully completed.
The River Indus is now flowing through a 1.33km long, 20m wide and 23m high diversion tunnel, allowing construction to begin on a starter dam at the project, which will lead to construction of the main dam.
Dasu Hydropower Project is a vital component of the least-cost, green and clean energy generation plan of #WAPDA. The project is being constructed across River Indus, upstream of Dasu town in Upper Kohistan district of #KhyberPakhtunkhwa.
The project is planned to be completed in two stages. WAPDA is currently constructing stage-I with installed generation capacity of 2160MW and annual energy generation of 12 billion units. Stage-I of the project is likely to start electricity generation in 2026.
The 2160MW stage-II, when implemented, will also provide 9 billion units to the National Grid. On completion of the both stages, #Dasu will become the project with highest annual energy generation in Pakistan.
