Pakistan announces hydropower project worth $1.5bn in PoK

The project is expected to be completed within six years.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published: December 30, 2017 3:45 pm

The project which is called Azad Pattan Hydropower Project is an initiative undertaken by the government under the Policy for Power Generation 2002. (Representational photo)

A new hydropower project with an estimated cost of $1.51 billion is being set up by the Pakistan government on the banks of river Jhelum in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The project is expected to be complete by 2022 with the help of foreign funds, the Express Tribune reported.