no news this project being completed by PPP or PTI.
PPP should be asked about the money they claimed to have raised when they were in power in 2012 because this article contradicts what they had spewed:
Power generation capacity of Warsak Dam plummets
Akhtar Ali
Tuesday, September 02,
2014
From Print Edition
PESHAWAR: The power generating capacity of Warsak Dam has plummeted to 150 megawatt as 80 percent of the reservoir has silted up over the last almost 53 years.
The total power generation capacity of the Warsak Dam Hydropower Project was 243 megawatt when the scheme was launched, but its power generating capacity reduced to 150 megawatt with the passage of time.
Experts said that structural deformation of the powerhouse and rapid erosion of the hydraulic equipment due to the silt carried in the Kabul River led to the reduction in its output. The Warsak Dam was built on the River Kabul and it is located 30 kilometres to the west of Peshawar.
The project was completed under Colombo Plan in two phases financed by the Canadian government.
The 1st Phase that started in 1951 was completed in 1960. It consisted of construction of dam, irrigation tunnels and installation of four power generating units each having the
capacity of 40 megawatt with 132 KV transmission system.
The
2nd phase began in
1975 during which
two additional generating units of 41.48 megawatt capacity each were added. The work was completed in 1980-81.
In general, the project consists of a mass concrete gravity dam with integral spillway, power tunnel, power station, a 10 feet diameter irrigation tunnel on right bank and a three feet diameter steel pipe irrigation conduct on the left bank of the reservoir.
The 250 feet high and 460 feet long dam with reservoir covering four square miles has a live storage capacity of 25,300 acre feet of water that can irrigate 119,000 acres of land apart from meeting power general requirement.
A spillway with nine gates is capable of discharging 540,000 cusecs of water. The project is playing a vital role in the development of the country and is providing cheap electricity to the national grid.
A group of journalists from Peshawar recently visited Warsak Dam, where they were taken to various portions of the dam. The officials briefed them about its functioning and output. An official said that Warsak Dam had completed its lifespan and the reservoir had silted up. “
It is almost impossible to de-silt the dam as the mammoth exercise would cost more money than building a new one,” he explained.
However, the official said that
engineers at Warsak Dam were working hard so that it functioned properly. He said that
monthly maintenance of the generators and other machines was carried out to do routine repairs.
The official said the
major overhaul of the generators that was conducted during the lean water period took five to six months. He said that
currently five generators were functioning. He said
installing a thermal power plant took two years while building a dam needed at least 10 to 15 years.
“The dams are cost-effective and environment-friendly compared to thermal power plants that pollute the air,” he further added. The official said a
rehabilitation of Warsak Dam would be carried out to replace the old generators with news ones to jack up its capacity to 525 megawatt.
He dispelled the impression that the provincial capital would submerge if Warsak Dam broke. “
There is a common misconception among the residents of Peshawar that if Warsak Dam breaks, it will inundate large parts of the provincial capital,” said the official.
Power generation capacity of Warsak Dam plummets - thenews.com.pk
Pakistan again seeks turbine runner, wicket gates for 243-MW Warsak hydro project
LAHORE, Pakistan
03/19/
2015
Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority
(WAPDA) has issued a solicitation to rehabilitate a turbine runner and wicket gates of the 243-MW Warsak hydroelectric project on Pakistan's Kabul River. Bids are due March 31.
WAPDA issued a similar solicitation for runner and wicket gate work in 2014. It also took bids last year to supply butterfly and gate valves for the project. It took bids in 2011 for protection, instrumentation, and control equipment for rehabilitation and upgrading of Warsak, which was completed in 1960.
Warsak is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly called North-West Frontier Province, site of significant hydropower activity. The project includes four 40-MW generating units, dam, irrigation tunnels, and transmission system. Two 41.48-MW units were added in 1980-1981.
WAPDA now seeks bids for turbine runner rehabilitation and rehabilitation of wicket gates.
Solicitation documents may be obtained until
March 30 from the address below for 1,000 rupees (US$9.83) by pay order or bank draft to R.E. Warsak, Account No. 361, payable at Habib Bank Ltd., Warsak Branch.
Bids are due by 10:30 a.m. March 31. For information, contact: Chief Engineer (Hydel) North, Water and Power Development Authority, Warsak; (92) 91-2385100 extension 258; Internet:
www.wapda.gov.pk.
