Hydropower: Five dams near completion

Approximately five dams are nearing completion.

LAHORE: Approximately five dams, with cumulative useable storage capacity of more than 4.7 million acre feet of water, are nearing completion.

This was told to a delegation of the Command and Staff College Course, Quetta on Thursday.

The delegation had visited Water And Power Development Authority (Wapda) House to attend presentations related to the water and power sectors in Pakistan.

Besides, four hydropower projects with generation capacity of 419 MW are also nearing completion, while construction work on another three projects of about 1100 MW is also in full swing, they were told.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 15^th,  2011.