KP completes 3 hydropower projects of 63 MW

The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has successfully completed three hydropower projects of 63 megawatt (MW) electricity generating capacity; Rs.4.4 billion per annum for the province. Furthermore, the pace of work has also been accelerated on laying a 40-kilometer transmission line on the Swat Corridor, which will be completed next year and with its completion, cheap electricity produced by the completed hydropower projects will be sold to the industrial sector at subsidized rates. These views were expressed by Secretary Energy & Power, Nisar Ahmed while chairing a progress review meeting on 7 major ongoing hydropower projects at the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) House. During the meeting, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PEDO, Habibullah Shah briefed and explained that this year, three major hydropower projects of 63 MW namely 40.8 MW Koto Dir, 11.8 MW Karora Shangla and 10.2 MW Jabori, Mansehra, have been completed successfully.