LAHORE:
The Gulpur hydroelectric power project has started certified commercial operation and is producing cheap electricity for the national grid, announced Nespak Managing Director Dr Tahir Masood.
Gulpur is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation project located on Poonch River, a major tributary of Jhelum River near Gulpur, Kotli district, Azad Kashmir.
Project financing was provided by Korea Exim Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Islamic Development Bank and ECO Bank. The project has the capability of generating, on average, 102 megawatts of electricity. It was completed in the shortest possible time and became a benchmark in the hydroelectric power sector of Pakistan. It has been built at a total cost of Rs52 billion.
National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak), in a joint venture with MWH Global, provided consultancy services as owner’s engineer to Mira Power Limited, a subsidiary of Kosep, South Korea, for the 102MW Gulpur project.
The local company also helped in successful completion of the project by providing complete technical support to Mira Power in getting approvals from different government agencies.
