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WAPDA starts work on Jabban project
16 May 2011: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has begun construction work on Jabban Hydropower Rehabilitation Project at a cost of Rs 370 crore, which is scheduled to be completed in one year and nine months.
AFD, a financial institution of France, is providing Euro 25 million (approx Rs 160 crore) for the project. Once rehabilitated 22-MW Jabban Hydropower Project will contribute 122 million units of electricity per annum.
WAPDA is constructing a number of new hydropower projects on priority, while on the other hand, it is also engaged in executing refurbishment and rehabilitation of its aged hydel power stations. The hydel power projects with a cumulative generation capacity of more than 1400 MW are under construction, while work on 4500-MW Diamer Basha Dam - the largest project in the history of Pakistan - will soon be started.
Source: The Nation