Bunji Dam
Bunji Dam |
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Official name |
Bunji Hydro-power Project |
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Country |
Pakistan |
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Location |
Gilgit Baltistan |
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Status |
Design stage |
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Construction cost |
Base cost: US$ 6838 million |
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Owner(s) |
Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
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Dam and spillways |
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Type of dam |
Gravity RCC |
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Height |
190 m |
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Spillway capacity |
1900 m3/s |
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Reservoir |
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Creates |
Indus River |
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Power station |
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Hydraulic head |
428 m |
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Turbines |
20 Francis type |
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Installed capacity |
7100 MW |
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Annual generation |
24088 GWh |
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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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