PM inaugurates 1410MW Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project
TARBELA (MILLAT ONLINE):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday inaugurated 1410 MW Tarbela 4th extension
hydropower project.
President Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal
Zafar Jhagra, Minister for Water Resources Syed Javed Ali Shah, Minister of State for Information
Maryum Aurangzeb and Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing accompanied the Prime Minister.
First unit of 470 MW will be commissioned today, while as two more units each with equal
power generating capacity 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.
The T-4 project will play a 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. The T-4
project is located within premises of existing Tarbela Dam Project.
Tarbela Dam Project, completed in 1976, has provision of 5 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.
The 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.