Status Operational Type of dam RCC Height 46 m | Opening date 14 July 2012 Impounds Khan Khwar River Construction began April 2003 | |
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Official name Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant Location Besham, Shangla, Pakistan Owner Water and Power Development Authority Similar Allai Khwar Hydropower Plant, Satpara Dam, Darawat Dam, Jawa Dam, Nai Gaj Dam | ||
Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant is a run-of-the-river project located near the town of Besham in Shangla District on the Khan Khwar River, a right bank tributary of Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is approximately 265 km from the federal capital of Islamabad and 350 km from provincial capital of Peshawar in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The total electricity generation capacity of the Khan Khwar Project is 72 megawatts (97,000 hp). There are two vertical Francis turbine units of 34 MW each and one unit of 4 MW installed at Khan Khwar Hydroelectric Station with the average annual generation capacity of 595 million units (GWh) of cheap electricity. These turbines are manufactured by Dongfang Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. This project is completed by the technical assistance of Chinese corporations (Sinohydro Corporation via a consortium with China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Co. Ltd).
Construction of Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant was commenced in April 2003 and the project was completed in April 2012. Power House is in commercial operation since November 2010. The project was officially inaugurated on 14 July 2012 by Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf. The total cost of the project is about PKR 10.73 billion out of which PKR 5.049 billion is accounted for foreign exchange component.
Dam:
Type: RCC
Length: 112 m.
Height: 46 m.
Design Discharge: 29 Cusecs
Design Head: 244 m.