Tarbela, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated 1410 MW Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project at Tarbela in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.First unit of 470 MW was commissioned today, while two more units each with equal power generating capacity will be online before the advent of summer this year. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Prime Minister said the government has solved the issue of energy for the next ten years.
He said Tarbela 4 Extension Hydropower Project will greatly contribute to this effect. The project will provide low cost and environment friendly electricity to the masses. He said the country will be free of load shedding in future.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the PML-N Government has stabilized the country and put it on the path of development and prosperity. He said the present government completed the developmental projects as per its manifesto. He said people elect those who deliver and the PML-N has always delivered on its promises.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said continuity of democracy will ensure continuity of the process of development. He said China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a great vision of progress and prosperity and today several projects of the CPEC are near completion. Earlier, the Prime Minister was briefed that Tarbela 4th Extension Power Project has been completed at a cost of eighty-three point six billion rupees.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated of 1410 MW Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project.
1st unit of 470 MW was commissioned On Saturday , while as 02 more units will be online before the advent of summer this year.
Commissioning of Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project is yet another historic milestone achieved by the government to add 1410 MW in the National Grid.
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% and annual cost sale of US$: 300 million to national exchequer..
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.
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 05 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.
T-4 project will generate 3.84 billion units annually equivalent of burning of 1 million ton of furnace oil. Newly installed units of T-4 project are more efficient and it is expected to have 10 ~ 15% more energy through these units.
