Pakistan

Power generation: 10 schemes worth Rs160b under way in AJK

The Kel-II hydroelectric station has been completed and Kathia-II will be completed by the end of this month

APP November 11, 2016

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MIRPUR: As many as 10 power generation schemes worth about Rs160 billion were approved by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government under its three-year development programme.

According to AJK Electricity Department sources, Rs4 billion have been allocated in the current financial year for the phased hydropower generation plan.

The first phase of the plan involves construction of 13 ongoing public-sector hydropower generation projects worth Rs16.4 billion and having total capacity of 82.52 megawatts.

The sources said that the Rs4 billion allocation includes Rs1.8 billion from domestic development funds and Rs2.2 billion from the Canadian government in shape of soft loan.

The Kel-II hydroelectric station has been completed and Kathia-II will be completed by the end of this month. All these stations are in Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley, the sources added.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 12^th, 2016.