ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated 1410 MW Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project on Saturday.
The first unit of 470 MW was commissioned yesterday, while as two more units each with equal power generating capacity will be online before the advent of summer this year.
President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz and envoys of China, Britain, France and Germany and senior government officials were also present on the occasion.
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan H.E. Mr. Yao Jing presents a souvenir to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi after the inauguration of 1st Unit of Tarbela-IV Hydro-power project at Tarbela. pic.twitter.com/Yx67ZSXSe4
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A statement from the PM Office said, “Commissioning of Tarbela Fourth Extension Hydropower Project is yet another historic milestone achieved by the government to add 1,410 MW in the national grid.”
“The T-4 project will play pivotal role in balancing energy mix of the country and stabilizing prices of electricity for a long span in future with an attractive Economic Rate of Return of more than 30 per cent and annual cost sale of $ 300 million to national exchequer,” it added.
“Completion of this important project within time and cost always held top priority of the government. It resounds as a real proof of the Government’s commitment to provide relief to common man through provision of affordable and clean energy. It will also augment economic growth and social uplift,” the statement said
“T-4 project will generate 3.84 billion units annually equivalent of burning of one million tonnes of furnace oil. Newly installed units of T-4 project are more efficient and it is expected to have 10–15 per cent more energy through these units,” according to PM Office.
Tarbela Dam is located on the Indus river about 100 km Northwest of Islamabad. T-4 project is located within premises of existing Tarbela Dam Project.
Tarbela Dam Project, completed in 1976, has provision of 5 tunnels, 4 on Left Bank and 01 on Right Bank. Tunnels 1-3 have installed capacity of 3,478 MW with average annual energy generation of 15-16 billion units.
