{"id":3701,"date":"2024-06-26T07:53:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pedo\/?page_id=3701"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:08:45","slug":"balakot-hpp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/?page_id=3701","title":{"rendered":"Balakot HPP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Project Brief<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>

Balakot Hydropower Project was first identified by PEDO in 1995 with the technical collaboration of German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).\u00a0The\u00a0feasibility\u00a0study\u00a0for\u00a0the project\u00a0was\u00a0conducted\u00a0by PEDO\u00a0in\u00a02013 through a JV of Consultants led by Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pvt.) Ltd (MAES).\u00a0In 2017, under the Hydropower Development Investment Program, Asian Development Bank showed interest in Balakot HPP and appointed Aqualogus (Portuguese Consultant) as a project preparatory consultant to conduct a review and technical due diligence of 2013 Feasibility Study. ADB updated the said Feasibility Study Report in July 2019\u00a0under the \u201cHydropower Development Investment Program\u201d.<\/span><\/p>

Balakot Hydropower Project is a run-of-river scheme to be constructed on Kunhar\u00a0River,\u00a0with\u00a0power\u00a0generation\u00a0capacity\u00a0of\u00a0300\u00a0MW with average annual energy production of 1143 GWh, and to evacuate it through a system of sub-station and transmission line for interconnection with the national and regional grids. The Project is located on the Kunhar River in the 12 km stretch from Paras to Sangarh village in Kaghan Valley, between Balakot and Kaghan, in Manshera district of KP, Pakistan.\u00a0The\u00a0dam\u00a0site\u00a0(34\u00b0\u00a039′\u00a036.510″\u00a0N,\u00a073\u00b0\u00a027′\u00a01.340″\u00a0E)\u00a0is\u00a0located\u00a0near\u00a0the\u00a0village of Parasand the powerhouse site (34\u00b0 36′ 15.143″\u00a0N,\u00a073\u00b0 22′ 49.943″ E) is located near Kappi Gali Village. The headrace tunnel extending more than 9.1 km will divert\u00a0water from the reservoir\u00a0created\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0dam\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0powerhouse.\u00a0Access\u00a0road\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0dam\u00a0structure\u00a0and\u00a0power\u00a0intake\u00a0is\u00a0proposed\u00a0to\u00a0start\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0Sharan\u00a0Road, which connects to the National Highway N\u201315 on the left side of the Kunhar River, nearby Paras\u00a0village.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Salient Features<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>

Capacity (MW)<\/strong> : 300<\/span><\/p>

Design Discharge (m3\/s) : <\/strong>154<\/span><\/p>

Gross Head (m) : <\/strong>229.0<\/span><\/p>

Design Net Head (m)\u00a0 : <\/strong>217.6<\/span><\/p>

Tunnel Length (m) :\u00a0<\/strong>9,137<\/span><\/p>

Main Powerhouse Cavern General Dimensions (LxWxH) (m) : <\/strong>71 x 20 x 34<\/span><\/p>

Turbine (type & No.) : <\/strong>Francis (03 No.s)<\/span><\/p>

Mean Annual Energy (GWh) : <\/strong>1,143<\/span><\/p>

Total Project Cost as per PC-I : <\/strong>PKR: 94,509.266 Million<\/span><\/p>

Loan from ADB & AIIB : <\/strong>USD 550 Million<\/span><\/p>

Expected CoD : <\/strong>27th<\/sup> December, 2027<\/span><\/p>

Feasibility Stage Tariff, as determined by ADB :<\/strong> 37 US Cents\/Unit<\/span><\/p>

Expected Annual Revenue : <\/strong>USD 84.239 Million (*PKR:13,229 Million)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Balakot Hydropower Project, Mansehra Project Brief Balakot Hydropower Project was first identified by PEDO in 1995 with the technical collaboration of German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).\u00a0The\u00a0feasibility\u00a0study\u00a0for\u00a0the project\u00a0was\u00a0conducted\u00a0by PEDO\u00a0in\u00a02013 through a JV of Consultants led by Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pvt.) Ltd (MAES).\u00a0In 2017, under the Hydropower Development Investment Program,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7194,"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3701\/revisions\/7194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedokp.gov.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}