Dasu Hydropower Dam to be completed by 2020, NA told

Mangla Power Station's power generation capacity to be increased from 1,000 to 1,310 MW

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that the Dasu Hydropower Project would be completed by December 2020.

Speaking on the floor of the assembly during the question hour session, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Jam Kamal said that the 2,160 MW Dasu Hydropower project will be completed by December 2020, while the contract for the relocation of the Dasu-Karakoram Highway-01 and construction of a right bank access road has been awarded. The minster further said that the contract for the construction of 132 KV transmission line from Duber to Dasu has also been awarded.

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Responding to a question, Kamal said there are various projects under way to make hydropower houses more efficient. The minister revealed that an upgrade and refurbishment of the Mangla Power Station has been planned to increase the efficiency of turbines and reliability of Hydraulic equipment, following which the power generation capacity will increase from 1,000 to 1,310 MW. Similarly, upgrade and modernisation of the Warsak Hydroelectric Power Station will also help regain the capacity of 53 MW.

The minister also told the lower house that the Munda Dam Hydropower Project is in a detailed engineering design phase and would be completed in seven years.