The Allai Khwar Hydropower Plant is a
run-of-the-river
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...
, high
head
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project of 687 metres, located in the
Battagram
Battagram (, ) is a city and Union Council of Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°41'N 73°1'E and has an altitude of 1038 metres (3408 feet).
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate ...
District on the Allai Khwar River, a left bank tributary of the
Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayas, Himalayan river of South Asia, South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northw ...
in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...
province, Pakistan. It is approximately 245 km from the federal capital of Islamabad and 330 km from the provincial capital of
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
.
The total electricity generation capacity of the Allai Khwar Plant is 121 MW. There are two
Pelton-type turbine based electricity generating units of 60.5 MW installed at the Allai Khwar Hydroelectric Station, with a total average annual generation yield of 463 million units (GWh) of least expensive electricity. The project was completed by the technical assistance of international corporations via a consortium between local and Chinese firms headed by
Dongfang Electric, which was responsible for the civil works. The E&M works were carried out by
Andritz Hydro GmbH Austria. The transmission line was laid by the North East China Electric Power Corporation with the assistance of a local firm, Imperial Construction Company (ICC) from Lahore.
Financing
The
Islamic Development Bank
The Islamic Development Bank (, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There are 57 shareholding member st ...
(IDB) provided a loan of US$38.435 million from July 2009 onwards to complete the remaining works on the project. The total cost of the project is estimated to be PKR 13.8 billion. The annual benefits of the project are estimated to be around PKR 4.5 billions.
Construction
Construction of the Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant commenced in January 2005, and the project was completed in March 2013. The power house went into commercial operation on 25 March 2010. The project was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2013 by President of Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024, having held the same office from 2008 to 2013. He is the president of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and was the ...
. The Chinese firm handed over the project to the
Water and Power Development Authority
The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (), colloquially known as WAPDA, is a Pakistani government-owned public utility agency maintaining hydropower and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power plants. WAPDA include ...
on 8 October 2013.
Dam:
Type: RCC
Length: 88 m.
Height: 51 m.
Design discharge: 29 Cusecs
Design head: 687 m.
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
This page shows the province-wise list of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan. According to the International Commission on Large Dams73 dams and reservoirsin Pakistan are over in height. Tarbela Dam in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the larg ...
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List of power stations in Pakistan
Pakistan has a total installed power generation capacity of 49,270 MW as of 13 September, 2024 which includes 28,766 MW thermal, 11,519 MW hydroelectric, 1,838 MW wind, 780 MW solar, 249 MW bagasse, 3,620 MW nuclear and 2,498 MW of net metering ...
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Khan Khwar Hydropower Project
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Satpara Dam
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Gomal Zam Dam
Gomal Zam Dam () is a multi-purpose gravity dam in South Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The dam impounds the Gomal River, a tributary of the Indus River, at Khjori Kach, where the Gomal River passes through a narrow ...
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Duber Khwar hydropower project
The Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant is located near the town of Pattan in Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on the Duber Khwar River, a right bank tributary of the Indus River. It is approximately 340 km NW from Islamabad, the federal cap ...
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