#Dasu or Dassu is the district headquarters of Upper Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The Dasu Dam is a large hydroelectric gravity dam currently under construction on the Indus River near Dasu in Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is developed by Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), as a key component of the company's Water Vision 2025. #hydropower #CPEC
The 242 m (794 ft) tall dam will support a 4,320 MW hydropower station, to be built in two 2,160 MW stages. The plant is expected to start generating power in late 2024, and stage I is planned to complete by early 2025.
Water from the reservoir will be diverted to the power station located about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) downstream
Dasu dam proposal was approved in 2001, as part of Government of Pakistan’s Vision 2025 program. Feasibility study was completed in 2009.The main civil works, undertaken by China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, started in February 2018. Work on the water diversion tunnel was inaugurated December 2018.As of March 2020, aside from the main civil works on diversion tunnels and powerhouse access, construction of the right bank access road, the relocation of Karakoram Highway, and the 132 kV transmission line was also under way.In December 2015, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) signed a contract worth Rs571.95 million with China Railway First Group for construction at resettlement sites and building the Shatial museum – two schemes that are part of the Dasu hydroelectric power project. 1st full VIDEO #documentary
