Hydropower: Rs70m grant given for updating feasibility study
Thirty three megawatt Harpo project to be constructed on Harpo Nullah.
An agreement in this respect was signed between the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), Harpo hydropower consultants and KfW during a meeting at Wapda House on Monday.
Earlier, a feasibility study of the power project was completed by Wapda Hydro Planning Organisation in collaboration with GTZ of Germany.
KfW has also committed to providing finances for a detailed engineering design and construction of the project after the update of the feasibility study.
General Manager (Hydro) Planning Maqsood Shafique Qureshi said the 33-megawatt Harpo project will be constructed on Harpo Nullah, a left tributary of Indus river in Skardu. The project is estimated to generate 187 million units of low-cost electricity per annum.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2010.
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