1124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project Likely To Be Completed By 2025

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 20, 2021 | 07:32 PM

The 1124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project is likely to be completed by December 2025 with the cost of USD 2.4 billion, said an official source of Ministry of Water Resources

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Oct, 2021 ) :The 1124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project is likely to be completed by December 2025 with the cost of USD 2.4 billion, said an official source of Ministry of Water Resources.

He said the annual generation capacity of run-of-the-river project is 4800 GWh. The diversion dam site is on Jhelum River near Sarran Village 40 km upstream from Muzaffarabad and a 20 km long tunnel connects the powerhouse which is located at Barsala 7 km upstream from Kohala Bridge.

He said the Kohala Hydroelectric Scheme will have a gravity, roller-concrete compacted dam on the upper branch of the Jhelum, 40 km from Muzaffarabad.

The powerhouse, on the lower branch of the Jhelum near Barasala, will house four 281-MW Pelton turbines, he added.

He said the Kohala Hydropower Project is Chinese state owned hydropower developer, namely China Three Gorges Corporation's (CTGC), the largest investment in Pakistan. It won the right to develop a hydroelectric dam in Pakistan on January 7, 2015.

The high head project of 316 meters that is located near Kohala, in Azad Kashmir, he added.

In 2020, the project's agreement was signed. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Pakistan Prime Minister and Chinese ambassador.

The dam's feasibility study and detailed engineering designs were performed by SMEC.