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Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 4 (ANI): The construction of Pakistan’s Dasu hydropower project (Phase 1) will miss its earlier completion deadline. According to Pakistani publication The Nation, the project will start generating electricity by the end of 2026.
According to a briefing given by WAPDA Chairman Lt-Gen (Retd) Sajjad Ghani during his visit to the Dasu Hydropower Project, construction work on the project has been carried out simultaneously at 12 different locations.
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Project management has told Ghani that the critical diversion system will be completed by May 2023, while power generation from the project will start in late 2026.
The estimated completion date of Dasu Phase 1 Hydropower Project (HPP) has been pushed back to 2026-27 due to land acquisition issues, COVID-19 pandemic and terror, WAPDA said in a bulk supply tariff application shared with the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). All religious events are beyond the control of WAPDA.
WAPDA has asked NEPRA to allow an extension of the project’s completion date to 2026-27.
The first phase of the Dasu project on the banks of the Indus River was approved for completion in 2014. However, work on the project is still progressing slowly due to land acquisition issues. The land acquisition issue took a long time to resolve, resulting in a delay of almost three years.
The main civil works contract was awarded to M/S China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC). The electromechanical contract awarded to M/S s Power China-General Electronics JV will be completed in February 2021 and is expected to be completed in March 2026.
After addressing land acquisition issues in 2019, work on the project is well under way and progress has been made even during the COVID outbreak. However, on July 14, 2021, a bus carrying Chinese contractor employees was tragically attacked by terrorists, resulting in multiple casualties and bringing the project to a complete halt for the next four months.
Work resumed on October 25, 2021 following the efforts of WAPDA and GoP. Work is expected to be fully mobilized in the first half of 2022. However, the construction schedule has been affected by a one-year delay as the diversion, originally scheduled for November-December 2021, was pushed back to December 2022, reported the Nation.
Recently, it was reported that the project is capable of generating 2,160 MW of hydrogen electricity, but has cost overruns of up to PKR 100 billion. (Arnie)
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