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- Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Plant Project
Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Plant Project
Pakistan
Borrower | Pakistan |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Energy |
Approved | 17.06.2009 |
Signed | 23.03.2010 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | ISDB |
Executing Agency | Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
Co-financiers | SFD, KFAED, ADF, Government, ISDB |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 31.10 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 1,646.32 |
Electricity consumption in Pakistan has risen considerably over the past five years. However, transmission and distribution losses are high, leading to widespread blackouts. Presently, only around 60% of the population is connected to the national grid. The project will thus carry out the following activities:
- construction of a 969 MW hydropower plant in Muzaffarad District, which is situated on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers in the north; and
- construction of a tunnel, a diversion weir and concrete gravity dam.