Ceremony for Signing of Consultancy Agreement - 300MW Balakot_Hydropower_Project.
Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) is developing this Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB).
M/s DOLSAR Engineering Inc. Co. as lead firm with other consulting firms AGES, BAK, Civ tech & Electra win the project consultancy contract.
The project envisaged a 58 m high gravity concrete dam with about 9 km long headrace tunnel with 8m internal diameter and an underground powerhouse and Transformer Hall on the left bank of Kunhar River. The dam axis was, identified 18.6 km upstream of town Balakot, headrace tunnel on the left bank and the powerhouse will be located in near the village of Barkot, 8.0 km upstream of Balakot town.
The project is proposed on #Kunhar River originates from the glaciers above Lulu sir Lake in the #Kaghan Valley of #KPK. The river flows at its bloom during summers due to the fall tributary offshoots and melting snow Glaciers from well-known peaks and lakes.
The major upstream projects on Kunhar River are 884MW Suki Kinari, 188MW Naran HPP and 102 MW Batakundi Hydropower Projects however 147MW Patrind Power Project is the downstream of proposed Balakot project.