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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

Zahid Gishkori August 05, 2015

Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Jam Kamal told the House that the 2160 MW Dasu Hydropower project will be completed by December 2010. PHOTO: INP

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.

COMMENTS (6)

Affan | 9 years ago | Reply @chachoo please visit the area before commenting. There is no such cultivable area. Compensation is for the people houses and you know most of it as corruption. Same goes with bhasha barren area no body lives but ppp govt spend 70 billion to purchase that land. And in this budget they again put 23 billion for that. And the only construction is a sign board telling bhasha dam site and a tunnel.

Chachoo | 9 years ago | Reply @Asad Khan: So you are stating that dams do not destroy any Irrigable land. So the compensation of more than 50 Billion in the construction of Dasu Dam is a farce?. Kindly enhance your knowledge about it. Also Dasu Dam's report state that more than 50,000 Acres of land will be affected in that region. So these Engineers are lying?. Also you circumvent my statement about Ayub Khan that he made the decision on his own to give all the rivers that flow from Punjab to India. Mr Ayub Khan never bothered to take anyone from Punjab into confidence while deciding about the future of all the rivers. Pakistan was as stronger as India in the late 50s but Ayub Khan's was adamant that all rivers of Punjab should be given to India at all costs. He never arranged any conference or any meeting on this issue and just made the decision on his own. World bank did ask Pakistan during that time to give ideas and suggestion that Mr Ayub Khan and his cabinet stated that they have no objections as long as all the rivers of Punjab will be given to India. The real history of stubbornness and regional hatred is far more gruesome that what is being taught by spin master storytellers.

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Asad Khan | 9 years ago | Reply @Chachoo:

Why KP have no problem with these dams as long as they are built in its own territory. Every dam destroy thousands of acres of irrigable land but they will not get any problem?. But if Punjab will ask for Kalabagh then Racism steps in and CCI ( Council of Common Interests ) do not allow us to build any dam. First one racist General of KP gave all the rivers of Punjab to India in Indus treaty and still racism is prevailing against Punjab to make this land a barren one.

Know the proverb "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing..." Dams in Pakistan have to fill 3 basic purposes in order to proceed. A) Flood Control, B) Irrigation Cultivation C) Hydro Electric Power Now, the order can be shuffled to take precedence about the nature of dam site and the problem at hand. In Pakistan No dam destroy irrigable land, in fact after building of large reservoirs the total area of Irrigable land has increased. No General has given any thing to India. It is India which was giving very little or not giving anything at all. Did you know that in 1950 when Pakistan was busy changing PMs India was offering 5 rivers through negotiation but our Capacity was Zero and our Nationalist Ego blinding our rational by then. By the late 50s India's stance getting harder & tighter (as today India was about to do anything to even let go the current treaty) and eventually we have to hire the help of WB to intervene get the best of the available solution. Ideals can lead you onto the path but it the Realism that helps to get across. hope sense prevails. regards,

Peace | 9 years ago | Reply We have been listening this news for last many years that dam wil be bulid but actually no government has ever started work to make this project a reality. Stop giving statements and start work on this project.

anjum | 9 years ago | Reply being a resident of punjab,ithink its stupid comment, Hydro Power required a certain gravity for that KP is suitable place. However Kalabag must be construct as it will not only increase power generation but also incrase storage capacity which pak annualy put to sea. For this required techincal personal review not stupid politicans.

Chachoo | 9 years ago | Reply Why KP have no problem with these dams as long as they are built in its own territory. Every dam destroy thousands of acres of irrigable land but they will not get any problem?. But if Punjab will ask for Kalabagh then Racism steps in and CCI ( Council of Common Interests ) do not allow us to build any dam. First one racist General of KP gave all the rivers of Punjab to India in Indus treaty and still racism is prevailing against Punjab to make this land a barren one.

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