Summary Experts say Kalabagh Dam could produce up to 15 billion units of power every year.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Kalabagh Dam has the capacity to wipe out load-shedding and increase industrial output by $5-6 billion a year.
This was the crux of the speeches delivered at a seminar on Peace through Dam jointly organized by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sind Tas Water Council here at LCCI on Saturday.
The speakers said that Kalabagh Dam could produce up to 15 billion units of power every year at an average cost of Rs 3 to 5 /kwh in next five years. The annual cost will be around Rs22 billion.
This cheap power will annually displace costly power worth approximately Rs300 billion with consequential savings of costly oil imports. This saving alone would enough to done away with current account deficit, boost reserves and strengthen the rupee.
