Dasu dam to be completed by 2025, says Imran

By News Desk

DASU: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the construction of hydropower projects is imperative for sustainable economic growth and agriculture production, and also contribute to lowering the prices of daily commodities as he announced work on the Dasu dam will complete by 2025.

Talking to engineers, water experts and workers after visiting the Dasu Hydropower Project (HPP), the Prime Minister said the Dasu HPP and Diamer-Bhasha dams are landmark projects that will produce thousands of megawatts inexpensive electricity, and have a very positive impact on the overall growth of industries and agriculture while generating employment opportunities.

The Prime Minister, while paying tribute to the local and foreign engineers and labourers, said work on Dasu HPP (Phase-I) has been accelerated and will be completed by 2025. It will have an overall power generation capacity of 2,160 megawatts. Similarly, 4,320 megawatts of electricity will be produced after completion of its second phase by 2029.

He said Pakistan has been blessed with a number of water reservoir sites for hydropower projects and if built would directly benefit the common citizen while bolstering economic growth, industrial and agriculture production.

The Prime Minister said expensive electricity leads to inflation while inexpensive electricity generation from dams lowers the prices of daily use commodities, thus having a positive impact on the socioeconomic status of the poor.

Earlier, Khan inspected different sections of the under-construction Dasu HPP and reviewed the pace of work. Dasu HP includes construction of 4,320MW hydropower plant on Indus River near Dasu town in Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.