{"id":61992,"date":"2020-02-27T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T07:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61992"},"modified":"2020-02-27T12:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T07:18:02","slug":"dasu-power-project-to-become-operational-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dasu-power-project-to-become-operational-2024.html","title":{"rendered":"Dasu power project to become operational in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt-Gen (retired) Muzammil Hussain has announced that the construction work on the Dasu Hydropower Project is proceeding swiftly \u2014 with the venture expected to initiate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-for-dasu-hydropower-project-early-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"electricity generation in the second half of 2024 (opens in a new tab)\">electricity generation in the second half of 2024<\/a>, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chairman further mentioned that six units of the projects\u2019 Stage-I, with a total generation capacity of 2160-MW, would be finished by early 2025. He also took the opportunity to personally examine the developmental progress made on the project, and proceeded to inspect the construction work at the main access tunnel that leads to the power house, project offices, a colony, and two diversion tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-begins-evaluating-funds-request-dasu-dam-expansion-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"World Bank begins evaluating funds request for Dasu Dam expansion project (opens in a new tab)\">World Bank begins evaluating funds request for Dasu Dam expansion project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman Hussain was also briefed about the progress on the main civil\nand preliminary works under the project area. Moreover, it was revealed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\ngovernment, in-conjunction with the district administration, had already\ninitiated the process of land acquisition for the project; with work in this\nregard expected to be completed by June this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned projects, the construction work on seven additional contracts pertaining to the development of infrastructure in the area is also currently underway. These ventures include the relocation of Karakoram Highway, and the development of right bank access roads, a 132-Kv transmission line, and a grid station to supply electricity from Duber Khwar Hydel Power Station to the site and its nearby areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-fund-construction-diamer-bhasha-mohmand-dasu-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WAPDA to fund construction of Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand and Dasu dams (opens in a new tab)\">WAPDA to fund construction of Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand and Dasu dams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt-Gen (retired) Muzammil Hussain has announced that the construction work on the Dasu Hydropower Project is proceeding swiftly \u2014 with the venture expected to initiate electricity generation in the second half of 2024, according to news sources. The chairman further mentioned that six units of the projects\u2019 Stage-I, with a total generation capacity of 2160-MW, would be finished by early 2025. He also took the opportunity to personally examine the developmental progress made on the project, and proceeded to inspect the construction work at the main access tunnel that leads to the power house, project offices, a colony, and two diversion tunnels. Read: World Bank begins evaluating funds request for Dasu Dam expansion project Chairman Hussain was also briefed about the progress on the main civil and preliminary works under the project area. Moreover, it was revealed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, in-conjunction with the district administration, had already initiated the process of land acquisition for the project; with work in this regard expected to be completed by June this year. In addition to the aforementioned projects, the construction work on seven additional contracts pertaining to the development of infrastructure in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":27360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016],"tags":[9472,50,8257,8628],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-aiib-invited-to-invest-in-dasu-and-mohmand-dams","10":"tag-dasu-hydropower","11":"tag-hydroelectric-power-station","12":"tag-wapda-awards-contract-for-dasu-project-infrastructure-and-colony","13":"cat-20385-id","14":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dasu power project to become operational in 2024 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WAPDA chairman has announced that the construction work on the Dasu Hydropower Project is proceeding swiftly \u2014 with the venture expected to initiate electricity generation in the second half of 2024.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dasu-power-project-to-become-operational-2024.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dasu power project to become operational in 2024 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WAPDA chairman has announced that the construction work on the Dasu Hydropower Project is proceeding swiftly \u2014 with the venture expected to initiate electricity generation in the second half of 2024.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dasu-power-project-to-become-operational-2024.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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