Wapda signed an agreement with a joint venture Messrs Kohala Hydropower Consultants for preparation of feasibility report, detailed engineering design and tender documents of 1100 MW Kohala Hydropower project here at Wapda House on Tuesday.
Wapda General Manager Manger Hydro planning Zia -ul -Hassan and consultants, representative Robert Goldsmith signed the agreement on behalf of their organisations. Wapda Chairman Tariq Hameed and Member Water Muhammad Mushtaq Chaudhry were also present on the occasion. Kohala Hydropower project, with an installed capacity of 1100 MW will be constructed on Jhelum River in Azad Jammu and Kashmir AJK.
The project on its completion will contribute 4800 million units Kilowatt hour of hydel electricity to the national grid annually. The PC-II of this run of the river project with a 17-km long tunnel for diversion of water has already been approved by the ECNEC tor conducting feasibility study.
The study will be completed in two years with a cost of Rs 312.5 million. Messrs Kohala Hydropower Consultants is a joint venture of three foreign and two national firms led by Messer Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation of Australia.
The other firms include Messrs Scott Wilson of UK, Messrs Engineering General Consultants of Pakistan Messrs SOGREAH Consultants of France and Messrs Mirza Associates Engineering Services of Pakistan.
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