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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.
Upon completion, the population will be provided with a reliable and efficient source of power, which will also help encourage the development of local industries and boost socio-economic development.

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