According to Pakistan165438+1October 15, Schuhmaier Khawaja, Minister of Water Resources and Energy of Pakistan, said that the Pakistani government will use its own funds to build the dam.
According to Pakistan's report, the latest financing plan is that the Pakistani government will provide 30 billion Pakistani rupees (about 65.438+0.8 billion RMB) from the public sector development plan every year in the next nine years, totaling 270 billion Pakistani rupees (65.438+0.6 billion RMB). Among them, Pakistan Hydropower Development Bureau will provide 20% of the funds through its own commercial channels.
According to the website of Pakistan Hydropower Development Agency, Duhamo-Basha Dam is located on the Indian River, about 365,438+05 km upstream of Tabella Dam, 65,438+065 km downstream of Gilgit, the capital of northern Pakistan, and 40km downstream of Chiras. The dam is a roller compacted concrete gravity dam with a height of 272 meters, which has many functions such as water storage, flood control and power generation. The water storage capacity is about 7.4 billion cubic meters (6 million acre feet) and the power generation capacity is 4.5 million kilowatts.
Due to the great significance of this project to economic and social development, the Pakistani government is giving priority to this project through the Hydropower Development Bureau. As early as 2065438+July 2003, Pakistan Hydropower Development Agency issued a tender to three pre-qualified international consulting companies, including AECOM Group of the United States, Mott MacDonald Company of the United Kingdom and Latin American Company of Germany, to solicit suggestions on the construction supervision and contract management of the main project of Duhamo-Basha Dam project.
According to Pakistani media reports, in May this year, China and Pakistan signed a memorandum on water conservancy cooperation, involving five reservoir projects in the Indus Valley, including the Duhamo-Basha Dam.
Coincidentally, the Nepalese government recently terminated the memorandum on hydropower projects signed with China Company. 165438+1October 17, announcement of China energy construction co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "energy construction", 03996.HK)165438+1October16, subsidiaries of the company.