2019 turns out to be a historic year for hydropower, water sectors.

Byline: Altaf Hameed Rao

MIRPUR -- The outgoing year 2019 turned out to be a historic one for development of water and hydro power resources in the country as record generation of hydel electricity was supplied to the National Grid during the year.

Moreover, construction work on Mohmand Dam in May this year was also initiated after five decades, it was officially said.

The hydel power stations owned and operated by Wapda provided 34.678 billion units of hydel electricity: highest-ever contribution: to the system in 2019. This quantum of generation is 6.321 billion units more if compared with that of the last year i.e. 28.357 billion units. The optimal operation of three hydropower projects, completed last year in a phased manner, proved to be a good omen for hydel power generation in the country, since these projects alone generated 9.372 billion units cumulatively during their operation in 2019. This includes 4.741 billion units from Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project, as many as 4.519 billion units from Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project and 0.111 billion units from Golen Gol Hydropower Project. Rest of generation was contributed by other hydel power stations with Tarbela Hydel Power Stations 10.831 billion units, Ghazi Barotha 6.594 billion units, Mangla 4.005 billion units and others 3.986 billion units, the Wapda said in an official statement...