US CENTCOM Commander , US Ambassador visits Tarbela Dam

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US CENTCOM Commander , US Ambassador visits Tarbela Dam
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September 7, 2019

Sep 07, 2019: United States Central Command (CentCom) Commander General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. accompanied by the US Ambassador to Pakistan Paul Jones and others Saturday visited Tarbela Dam Project.

During the visit, he had a round of various components of the project including the Main Dam, Spillways, the Reservoir and the Power House, said a press release.

Welcoming the US delegation on the project, WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) said that Tarbela Dam has been playing a vital role for economic stability and social development of Pakistan since its completion in 1974 by providing water for agriculture, mitigating floods, and injecting a sizeable quantum of low-cost and environment-friendly hydel electricity to the National Grid.

Despite being in the fifth decade of its life, Tarbela Reservoir can still store more than 6 million acre feet (MAF) of water.

At present, generation capacity of Tarbela Hydel Power Station stands at 4888 MW with completion of its 4th Extension last year.

In view of the successful completion of 4th Extension within stipulated cost and time, the Federal Government has decided to implement Tarbela 5th Extension Project on fast track basis.

The 5th Extension will add another 1410 MW to the generation capacity of Tarbela Hydel Power Station, he further said.

The Chairman apprised the delegation that Tarbela Hydel Power Station has the singular honour of possessing more than half of the total installed capacity of hydel generation in Pakistan.

Briefing about the various components of the project, the Chairman appreciated the US financial support in construction of Tarbela Dam way back in 1970s and rehabilitation of the aging power generating units installed at Tarbela Hydel Power Station.

The US intervention in rehabilitating the aging units of Tarbela Hydel Power Station helped WAPDA in attracting the leading financial institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for implementation of Tarbela's 4th and 5th Extension with cumulative generation capacity of 2820 MW, he added.

The U.S. delegation observed that the recent U.S. grant of $41 million will extend the useful life of the Tarbela powerhouse by 15-20 years and restore 148 MW of power generation capacity. The U.S. delegation was pleased to see in Tarbela Dam a manifestation of the decades-long and continuing U.S. investment in Pakistan’s economic and social development.

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Posted on: 2019-09-07T21:12:00+05:00

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Why CENTCOM?

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Why CENTCOM?

He was in the neighborhood.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well the dam was done back with US-Pakistan friendship days back in 60's before first war with India which put sanctions on Pakistan for merely defending ourland

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Why CENTCOM?

They are providing some money for the extension project. Also some American hardware is imported for power generation.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

USA is still very much involved in power sector i.e Nandi poor project heard new turbines came from USA and Locomotives for Pakistan were negotiated with General Motors

I feel if USA / GM had a local manufacturing sweet deal , we could sign a big deal for Locomotives but that is just me

Chinese help has been a Steriod Boost , which has fast forwarded 75 years ahead in term of power generation capacity

**However the benefits of Terbela Dam were great for Pakistan

 

[Yaseen1]

u.s technology and support has played an important role in this dam building and their role will be remembered for this contribution

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

US tech is fantastic

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

They are providing some money for the extension project. Also some American hardware is imported for power generation.

Yes but shouldn't it have been those companies or some minister?

He was in the neighborhood.

Still very strange

 

[Dazzler]

US tech is fantastic

That's true. By far the best and most reliable.

 

[war&peace]

That's true. By far the best and most reliable.

Depends on what are you looking for. The most reliable cars are from Toyota i.e. Japanese...Similarly cameras are Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji... all Japanese .. locomotives by Alstom, most of electronic stuff is from Japan, Koreas, China, Taiwan etc and Airbus is more reliable than Boeing

 

[Dazzler]

Depends on what are you looking for. The most reliable cars are from Toyota i.e. Japanese...Similarly cameras are Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji... all Japanese .. locomotives by Alstom, most of electronic stuff is from Japan, Koreas, China, Taiwan etc and Airbus is more reliable than Boeing

Military tech.

 

[war&peace]

Military tech.

It is about dams but yes in mil. tech US is generally better

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Centcom?

 

[LeGenD]

Depends on what are you looking for. The most reliable cars are from Toyota i.e. Japanese...Similarly cameras are Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji... all Japanese .. locomotives by Alstom, most of electronic stuff is from Japan, Koreas, China, Taiwan etc and Airbus is more reliable than Boeing

Both Japan and USA have a reputation for developing very high quality hardware on average; long lasting hardware.

However, I would like to comment on Japanese cars. Scores of Japanese cars do not have a durable body lately (aluminium versus steel). Also, Japanese cars will rust in certain parts of USA due to environmental stresses therein.

China does not offer much in the way of quality unfortunately (Chinese business philosophy is to make goods disposable instead of long-lasting; volume versus long-lasting). Taiwan and South Korea are relatively better.

Most of the high-tech electronic stuff feature American components by the way. Nothing beats American products in the domain of computing technologies in particular.