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But all the waters in river are water of melting glaciers. Glaciers don't melt in winters I might remind you. And these mighty rivers were not flowing with same vigor it does in summer months.
Come on anyone know that.the very urgent need for dams is more of water management and storage then generation for a country like Pakistan . Ofcourse cheap and clean electricity is much needed. But due to our economic restrains we cannot spend as much as we like on dams but we have to because we need to store water.
you are missing my point..
tarblea and GB still produce 1000 mw during winter...you can use back up/gas based plants to met the demand in off peak winter via LNG and be 100% renewable during the summer..lastly the sun still has decent shine in winter in pakistan..couple that with dams you can get do zero production during day and do heavy production during night

dams are likley a battery, you can use them any time..we dont have current flexibility as dams in pakistan are for agriculutre but that can change if you have multiple dams or cascade

it still a cheaper option..
 
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) will contribute Rs271 billion as equity for three mega hydropower projects, it has emerged. This followed after the authority completed three previous much-delayed hydro power projects under a fast-track policy and *generated nearly Rs80bn in revenue.

“For the last few years, we introduced a multi-pronged strategy to arrange funds for the completion of various important projects. So far, we have implemented this strategy well on Neelum-Jhelum, Tarbela 4th extension and Golen Gol hydropower projects. These projects helped us earn Rs80bn, increasing our own financial resources and contribution (equity) for three mega projects — Diamer-Bhasha, Dasu and Mohmand dams,” said Wapda Chairman retired Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain.

“When any work is finished in time, it saves money, energy and time. But if it is delayed, several issues come up, including cost escalation,” he told Dawn.

According to a recent report, from Wapda’s Rs271bn equity, Rs176bn will go to Diamer-Bhasha dam (DBD), Rs66bn to Dasu project and Rs29bn will go to Mohmand hydropower project. The authority will recover its equity through tariff which hinges on timely payments by the Central Power Purchase Agency-General within a period of nine years for DBD, five years for Dasu and six years for Mohmand.


Under the financial plan devised for these projects, Rs1300bn has been estimated for the overall DBD which includes Rs234bn provided by the federal government under the Public Sec*tor Development Programme (PSDP), Rs176bn through Wapda’s equity, Rs100bn through local commercial financing and Rs475bn from foreign commercial financing.

Similarly, Rs443bn has been allocated in total for Dasu hydropower project of which Rs66bn will come from Wapda’s equity, Rs80bn from IDA-1/2 credit, Rs37bn from Credit Suisse loan, Rs31bn from export credit agencies, Rs45bn from World Bank, Rs144bn from local financing or Sukuk Bond and Rs3bn from local financing or loan.

For the Rs309bn estimated overall for the Mohmand dam project, Rs114bn will come from PSDP, Rs29bn from Wapda’s equity, Rs33bn from local commercial financing and Rs83bn from foreign currency financing.

For the 4,500MW DBD project with live storage of 6.4 million-acre feet, the bid evaluation process for main civil works of DBD (dam part) is currently under way.

For the 2,160MW Dasu project (stage-1) — a run-of-the-river project with a total installed capacity of 4,320MW — civil work is under way.

And work on the 800MW Mohmand hydropower project — a multipurpose dam with live storage of 0.67 million-acre feet — has also been initiated.

“Wapda is embarking on a disciplined, targeted approach to improve working capital and is taking tactical steps to improve liquidity by accessing the capital markets early enough to obtain favourable terms. Given the need to raise approximately $2.5bn over the next three to four years, we intend to explore the option of a Green Eurobond of benchmark $500 million size for which the authority has concluded two rounds of NDR in the Far East, Dubai and London. A total of 57 institutions were accessed, including leading international institutional investors, private banks and hedge funds,” reads the report.

“Wapda being the largest and bona fide supplier of hydel power has embarked upon a grand plan to develop mega hydropower projects and plans to fast-track them. It will help us to enhance the share of hydropower in the overall generation mix to keep the consumer-end *tariff within affordable *limits, besides creating a buffer for water security of the country,” said the Wapda chairman.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2020
 
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) will contribute Rs271 billion as equity for three mega hydropower projects, it has emerged. This followed after the authority completed three previous much-delayed hydro power projects under a fast-track policy and *generated nearly Rs80bn in revenue.

“For the last few years, we introduced a multi-pronged strategy to arrange funds for the completion of various important projects. So far, we have implemented this strategy well on Neelum-Jhelum, Tarbela 4th extension and Golen Gol hydropower projects. These projects helped us earn Rs80bn, increasing our own financial resources and contribution (equity) for three mega projects — Diamer-Bhasha, Dasu and Mohmand dams,” said Wapda Chairman retired Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain.

“When any work is finished in time, it saves money, energy and time. But if it is delayed, several issues come up, including cost escalation,” he told Dawn.

According to a recent report, from Wapda’s Rs271bn equity, Rs176bn will go to Diamer-Bhasha dam (DBD), Rs66bn to Dasu project and Rs29bn will go to Mohmand hydropower project. The authority will recover its equity through tariff which hinges on timely payments by the Central Power Purchase Agency-General within a period of nine years for DBD, five years for Dasu and six years for Mohmand.


Under the financial plan devised for these projects, Rs1300bn has been estimated for the overall DBD which includes Rs234bn provided by the federal government under the Public Sec*tor Development Programme (PSDP), Rs176bn through Wapda’s equity, Rs100bn through local commercial financing and Rs475bn from foreign commercial financing.

Similarly, Rs443bn has been allocated in total for Dasu hydropower project of which Rs66bn will come from Wapda’s equity, Rs80bn from IDA-1/2 credit, Rs37bn from Credit Suisse loan, Rs31bn from export credit agencies, Rs45bn from World Bank, Rs144bn from local financing or Sukuk Bond and Rs3bn from local financing or loan.

For the Rs309bn estimated overall for the Mohmand dam project, Rs114bn will come from PSDP, Rs29bn from Wapda’s equity, Rs33bn from local commercial financing and Rs83bn from foreign currency financing.

For the 4,500MW DBD project with live storage of 6.4 million-acre feet, the bid evaluation process for main civil works of DBD (dam part) is currently under way.

For the 2,160MW Dasu project (stage-1) — a run-of-the-river project with a total installed capacity of 4,320MW — civil work is under way.

And work on the 800MW Mohmand hydropower project — a multipurpose dam with live storage of 0.67 million-acre feet — has also been initiated.

“Wapda is embarking on a disciplined, targeted approach to improve working capital and is taking tactical steps to improve liquidity by accessing the capital markets early enough to obtain favourable terms. Given the need to raise approximately $2.5bn over the next three to four years, we intend to explore the option of a Green Eurobond of benchmark $500 million size for which the authority has concluded two rounds of NDR in the Far East, Dubai and London. A total of 57 institutions were accessed, including leading international institutional investors, private banks and hedge funds,” reads the report.

“Wapda being the largest and bona fide supplier of hydel power has embarked upon a grand plan to develop mega hydropower projects and plans to fast-track them. It will help us to enhance the share of hydropower in the overall generation mix to keep the consumer-end *tariff within affordable *limits, besides creating a buffer for water security of the country,” said the Wapda chairman.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2020


Great news
 
Regret to say that my personal experience with WAPDA is very bad and I have zero faith in the integrity of WAPDA officers.

I was the Sales Development Manager at Esso Pakistan in the 1970’s when I had the misfortune to supply Furnace Oil to WAPDA. At that time almost all the Power Plants in Pakistan were operated by WAPDA.

The level of corruption among the WPDA staff was unbelievable. In-transit losses of more than 10% were common because the whole tank wagons full of Furnace Oil were emptied and sold off. It was claimed that either the wagons were short loaded or leaked on the way. This couldn’t have been possible without the involvement of the high level officers.

I arranged a person from the railways and from WAPDA to observe the loading operation and countersign the ‘Loading Report’. Probably WAPDA Accounts also started to share in the proceeds from the stolen fuel as this process ensured that Esso got paid to full, but there was apparently no change in the in-transit loss.

Sadly the things have not improved in the last 40 years as I came across the news:

"ISLAMABAD - Senate Standing Committee on Power was Thursday informed that around 17 percent employees of ex-WAPDA Discos have been found involved in electricity theft or other related activities and investigation is underway against them."

https://nation.com.pk/28-Dec-2018/17pc-staff-of-ex-wapda-discos-involved-in-power-theft

I wonder how much of the investment by WAPDA would be siphoned off to line the pockets of its staff.
 
Suki Kinari Hydro Project to start generating Electricity in 2022.


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One thing I find surprising is that government keeps saying paisa nahi hai paisa nahi hai, but at the same time it's building Mohmand and Dasu and also expected to start Basha soon. Kahan se aya teen teen dams ke liyay paisa? Maybe Nawaz secretly returned money to be used for dam construction in exchange for his release.
Paisy baray hain, every year we give $8 to $10 billion to Habibis for oil and gas and when oil prices were all time high few years ago, people of Pakistan were paying upto $15 billion to fill their tanks and run rental power plants.

Bus Dam bantay tight ho jata hy. Sold out Politicians, oil mafia and foreign hand is behind Anti Dam rhetoric.
 
Under construction 870 MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project located on the Kunhar river in the Kaghan valley of Mansehra District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Construction Cost: $1.9 Billion
Completion Date: 2022



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Funny thing is both Mohmand and Dasu will be completed in 2024, if PTI don't win in 2023 the new incoming government will claim that they were the brains behind the project and completed them in a year or so.
 
Funny thing is both Mohmand and Dasu will be completed in 2024, if PTI don't win in 2023 the new incoming government will claim that they were the brains behind the project and completed them in a year or so.

Very True.
 

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