WAPDA plans to generate 18,000-MW Hydel Projects

Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is working on the feasibility reports and the engineering designs of various hydropower projects with an accumulative generation capacity of about 18,000 Megawatt (MW), officials said in a briefing at WAPDA House on Thursday.

The prime minister’s special assistant, Amar Lal, during his visit to WAPDA House, was told that the feasibility reports and the designs would be available for the construction of the hydropower projects in the next two weeks.

Amar Lal said WAPDA was aware of the country’s growing energy requirements, and it had been taking possible measures to meet those requirements.

Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) managing director Munawar Baseer Ahmed said rental powerhouses were being set up across the country for immediate relief from power shortage, besides rehabilitating the existing thermal power plants. He said PEPCO would replace ordinary bulbs of 60-watt and 100-watt with 100,000 energy saving bulbs.