Patrind Dam | |
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Official name | Patrind Dam |
Location | On the border of Abbottabad District of KPK and Muzaffarabad city, of AJK, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 34°20′38.32″N 73°25′43.73″E / 34.3439778°N 73.4288139°E |
Status | completed |
Construction began | January 2009 |
Opening date | November 07, 2017 |
Owner(s) | Star Hydro Power Pvt. Limited (SHPL) |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Run of the river |
Impounds | Kunhar River |
Height | 26 m (85 ft) |
Length | 114.5 m (376 ft) |
Power Station | |
Hydraulic head | 110 m (360 ft) |
Turbines | 3 x 50 MW (67,000 hp) Vertical Francis Turbine Units |
Installed capacity | 150 MW (200,000 hp) |
Annual generation | 632.5 GWh (2,277 TJ) |
Patrind Hydropower Plant is a run-of-the-river, high head project of 110 metres (360 ft), located on Kunhar River near Patrind Village of Mansehra District, right on the border of Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and Muzaffarabad city of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is approximately 138 kilometres (86 mi) from Rawalpindi and Islamabad and about 76 kilometres (47 mi) from Abbottabad city.
The dam and the tunnel has been constructed on Kunhar River at Patrind Village in Muzaffarabad District, AJK and Abbottabad District on the right bank in Boi Village and the power house on the right bank of Jehlum River in Muzaffarabad, AJK at lower Chattar near Thuri Park.[1][2]
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