Some background info this 40.8 Megawatts Koto Hydro Power Project at River Panjkora, was inaugurated by IK last year. This project is part of the mega project '365 Dams project by KPK gov.' Reason for highlighting is that people ignore these facts of infrastructure. development by KPK gov.
Koto Hydropower project is located on Panjkora river upstream of Timergara town in Distt: Dir (Lower). Salient features and status of the project is;
• Name of River : Panjkora
• Location : Near Timergara
• Discharge : 126 Cusecs
• Head : 38 Meters
• Capacity : 40.8 MW
• Tunnel Length : 1.76 Km
• Energy : 205 Gwh
• Revised cost of project : Rs: 14.765 Billion
• Approximate revenue per annum : Rs: 1.970 Billion @Rs. 9.62 per unit
• Completion : Dec 2018
LOWER DIR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Saturday that his party’s government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been working on 365 power projects in the province.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the Koto hydropower station in Lower Dir. The project, which will be completed in four years at a cost of Rs12 billion, will produce 40 megawatts of electricity, he said. “After the completion of the project, we will provide power for Rs4 per unit to domestic consumers.”
He was speaking at the inauguration of the Koto hydropower station in Lower Dir. The project, which will be completed in four years at a cost of Rs12 billion, will produce 40 megawatts of electricity, he said. “After the completion of the project, we will provide power for Rs4 per unit to domestic consumers.”
Attendees at the ceremony included K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak, Finance Minister Muzaffar Syed, Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Muhammad Atif Khan.
Imran said the PTI-led government would establish small power houses in different parts of the province to curtail outages in the areas. He said 40% of electricity was produced with furnace oil in Pakistan while K-P produced surplus electricity. “The country’s circular debt has surged to Rs600 billion,” he added.