{"id":70279,"date":"2020-09-10T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70279"},"modified":"2020-09-09T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T12:46:07","slug":"kp-govt-seeks-wb-assistance-hydropower-project-swat-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-seeks-wb-assistance-hydropower-project-swat-river.html","title":{"rendered":"KP govt seeks WB assistance for hydropower project on Swat River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is looking to acquire the World Bank (WB)\u2019s assistance in establishing a hydropower project on the Gabral tributary of the Swat river \u2014 a news source reported on September 9. The 88 MW project is expected to generate 339 gigawat hours of electricity per annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/development-work-launched-on-small-dam-in-zeri.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Development work launched on small dam in Zeri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the details available, the WB is currently evaluating the project \u2014 with the venture expected to be established near Kalam in the Swat district. The project plan involves the development of a 21-meter high riverbed and a 100 meter wide weir with spillways, under sluices, a fish ladder, outlet structures and a sand trap. It is also expected to be a run-of-river project, with a limited reservoir area of fifty acres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is additionally expected to produce enough energy to power 116,000 homes each year with minimal carbon emissions, although it will have an ecological impact on the tributary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ict-issues-flood-warning-bans-recreational-activities-nullahs-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICT issues flood warning; bans recreational activities at all nullahs, dams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, a total of 24 power related projects have been planned for the region over the next 20 years \u2014 with their cumulative output expected to be nearly 2,072 megawatts of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is looking to acquire the World Bank (WB)\u2019s assistance in establishing a hydropower project on the Gabral tributary of the Swat river \u2014 a news source reported on September 9. The 88 MW project is expected to generate 339 gigawat hours of electricity per annum. Read: Development work launched on small dam in Zeri According to the details available, the WB is currently evaluating the project \u2014 with the venture expected to be established near Kalam in the Swat district. The project plan involves the development of a 21-meter high riverbed and a 100 meter wide weir with spillways, under sluices, a fish ladder, outlet structures and a sand trap. It is also expected to be a run-of-river project, with a limited reservoir area of fifty acres. The project is additionally expected to produce enough energy to power 116,000 homes each year with minimal carbon emissions, although it will have an ecological impact on the tributary. Read: ICT issues flood warning; bans recreational activities at all nullahs, dams Reportedly, a total of 24 power related projects have been planned for the region over the next 20 years \u2014 with their cumulative output expected to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[7146,39002,38366,4438],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-hydropower-project","9":"tag-kp-govt-seeks-wb-assistance-for-hydropower-project-on-swat-river","10":"tag-swat-river","11":"tag-world-bank","12":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP govt seeks WB assistance for hydropower project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is looking to acquire the World Bank (WB)\u2019s assistance in establishing a hydropower project on the Gabral tributary of the Swat river \u2014 a news source reported on September 9.\" \/>\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\/kp-govt-seeks-wb-assistance-hydropower-project-swat-river.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP govt seeks WB assistance for hydropower project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is looking to acquire the World Bank (WB)\u2019s assistance in establishing a hydropower project on the Gabral tributary of the Swat river \u2014 a news source reported on September 9.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-seeks-wb-assistance-hydropower-project-swat-river.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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