Bunji Dam
Bunji Dam | |
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Official name | Bunji Hydro-power Project |
Country | Pakistan |
Location | Gilgit Baltistan |
Status | Design stage |
Construction cost | Base cost: US$ 6838 million |
Owner(s) | Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity RCC |
Height | 190 m |
Spillway capacity | 1900 m3/s |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Indus River |
Power station | |
Hydraulic head | 428 m |
Turbines | 20 Francis type |
Installed capacity | 7100 MW |
Annual generation | 24088 GWh |
Bunji Dam or Rondu Bunji Dam or Haramosh Bunji Dam is proposed large hydro-power project on Indus River in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.[1]
The feasibility study of the project was carried out by joint consultant firms Artelia of France & Mott MacDonald of UK. The Gravity RCC dam will be 190 m high and will have an installed capacity of 7100 MW.[2] In 2009, Pakistan and China signed a MoU for the construction of Bunji Dam. The accord was signed between Ministry of Water and Power, Pakistan and Three Gorges Project Corporation, China.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ "7,100 MW Bunji Dam's detailed engineering design completed". PakTribune. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "BUNJI HYDROPOWER PROJECT". WAPDA. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ "Chinese firm to build Bunji Dam". The Nation (Pakistan). 23 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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