The World Bank is partially funding the construction of stage-I. On completion in five years, it will contribute more than 12 billion units of electricity every year, while stage-II will provide another 9 billion units. PHOTO: INP
The bids were opened by a committee, headed by Wapda Member (Water) Muhammad Shoaib Iqbal, at the Wapda House.
The bids for civil works under MW-01 include construction of a hydraulic diversion structure, spillway, intake structures, diversion tunnel and hydraulic steel structures among others.
Four companies belonging to China, Turkey and Vietnam participated in the bidding for MW-01. The bids for civil works under MW-02 include construction of an underground power house, two intake power tunnels, two tail-race tunnels, hydraulic steel structures, etc.
Three companies from China, Turkey and South Korea participated in the bidding for MW-02.
Contracts will be awarded after evaluation of the bids and receiving a no-objection letter from the World Bank.
Five contracts of preliminary works have already been awarded. These include relocation of Karakoram Highway costing Rs14.538 billion, construction of right bank access road at a cost of Rs2.713 billion, construction of 132-kilovolt transmission line from Duber Khwar Hydel Power Station to Dasu costing Rs1.583 billion, construction of a project colony and allied infrastructure costing Rs4.8 billion and construction of resettlement sites and Shatial Museum costing Rs571.95 million.
The Dasu project is being developed by Wapda on the Indus River, upstream of Dasu town in Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is a vital development not only for the country but also for the province. The project will stabilise Pakistan’s economy by providing low-cost electricity and usher in a new era of socio-economic development in the backward and far-flung areas of K-P.
The World Bank is partially funding the construction of stage-I. On completion in five years, it will contribute more than 12 billion units of electricity every year, while stage-II will provide another 9 billion units.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2016.
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