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WB delegation visits Tarbela 5th Extension, Dasu Hydropower Project

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World Bank (WB) Vice President Martin Raiser, along with a four-member delegation, visited Tarbela 5th Extension and Dasu Hydropower Project. WAPDA Chairman Eng Lt-Gen (retd.) Sajjad Ghani and World Bank Executive Director Syed Tauqir Hussain Shah also accompanied him. World Bank is providing financial support for construction of these projects, according to WAPDA spokesman here on Saturday.

In the first leg, the WB vice president visited Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, being constructed on Tunnel No. 5 of Tarbela Dam. He witnessed construction activities on main components. The project management apprised him about progress on the power house, tail race culvert, canal and switch yard.

Tarbela 5th Extension has an installed power generation capacity of 1530 MW. On its completion, power generation capacity at Tarbela Dam will increase from 4888 MW to 6418 MW. Tarbela 5th Extension Project will start electricity generation in 2025.

Later, the World Bank Vice President also visited 1410 MW-Tarbela 4th Extension Hydel Power Station, completed in 2018 with financial assistance of the World Bank. He was informed during the visit that Tarbela 4th Extension, since its completion, has provided 22.56 billion units to the National Grid.—APP

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