Patrind 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

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project of , located on

Kunhar River The Kunhar River () or River Kunhar, is a long river, located primarily in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. It is in the Indus River watershed basin. Origin and route Kunhar is the main river in the Naran Valley. It orig ...

near Patrind Village of

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, right on the border of

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Province and

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; , IPA: ʊzəfːərɑːbɑːd is a city in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute ...

city of

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. It is approximately from

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and

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and about from

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city. The dam and the tunnel has been constructed on

at Patrind Village in

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, AJK and

on the right bank in Boi Village and the power house on the right bank of

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in Muzaffarabad, AJK at lower Chattar near Thuri Park.

Design and construction

The Korean construction company Star Hydro Power Limited (SHPL), an Independent Power Producer (IPP), has set up the Patrind Hydropower Plant, which is the second private hydro power project in

. Project is being financed by IFC, ADB and K-Exim Bank. The company has completed the project in a period of three-and-a-half years at an estimated cost of $400 million. The project would generate 150 megawatts of electricity which would not only help improve the electricity voltage in

and

Mansehra Mansehra (Urdu, ) is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. By population, it is the List of largest cities in Pakistan, 71st largest city in the country and the List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, ...

districts but also boost economic activities in the region. Since the project is being developed by SHPL as an IPP, the SHPL has entered into a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement with National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), Pakistan's grid system operator, for the sale of electricity generated from the Project. The first independent hydro power project in the private sector –

New Bong Escape Hydropower Project The New Bong Escape Hydropower Project is a privately owned 84 MW run-of-the-river project located on Jhelum River 7.5 km downstream of the 1,070 MW Mangla Dam, a major multi-purpose water storage project commissioned. It is about 120 km ...

of 84MW – has already been completed and started commercial operation in March 2013. The total electricity generation capacity of the Patrind Hydropower Plant is 150 MW. A surface type powerhouse to accommodate three Vertical Francis Turbine Units, each of 50 MW capacity, is proposed on the right bank of

. The powerhouse site is about upstream of the Kunhar – Jhelum confluence. The crest elevation is 757 m which is approximately 26m high from the river bed. There will be four radial type crest gates each in size.

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Design and construction

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