Dasu Hydropower project inauguration cancelled by PM
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Dasu tomorrow has been cancelled.
Fresh date for the visit will be announced later subject to weather condition.
The project is being constructed on River Indus upstream of Dasu town in Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Dasu Hydropower Project is a component of least-cost electricity generation strategy of the Federal Government to add low-priced hydel electricity to the National Grid to overcome electricity shortages in the country, improve the ratio of hydel electricity in the overall system, stabilize electricity tariff and provide relief to the consumers.
The Hydropower Project is a run off river project on Indus River located 7 km upstream of Dasu Town, district Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The site of Dasu hydro power project is 74 km downstream of proposed Diamer Bhasha Dam site and 350 km from Islamabad.
The Hydropower Project will have total installed capacity of 4320 MW which is among the priority projects under the National Power Policy 2013 and Vision 2025 of Government of Pakistan.
The Project will be implemented in two Stages. Each Stage will have capacity of 2160 MW. About 12 Billion power Units would be generated annually on completion of Stage-I.
PC-I of Project (Stage-I) of Rs. 486,093 Million was approved by the ECNEC in March 2014.