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Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project is a 1,450 MW un-of-the-river hydropower, connected to the Indus River.

Ghazi-Barotha  Location Between Attock, Punjab and Haripur, KP

Construction of the project began in 1995. 

Opening date: 2002

The Official name of Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project is غازى بروتھا

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• Baglihar Dam, built on the Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.
• It is the first power project executed by the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation.
• It is conceived in 1992 and approved in 1996.
• It is construction began in 1999.
• The dam opened in 2008 with an estimated cost of US$1 billion.
• It was commissioned in two stages: Stage I in 2008-09 and Stage II in 2015-16.

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(Malakand-I) Jabban Hydropower Project is the oldest hydroelectric project in Pakistan.

It is located on Sawat Canal, Malakand Division.

Official name: Jabban Hydropower Plant (Malakand-I)

Opening date: July 1938

The 70-year-old powerhouse (Malakand-I) was badly damaged due to a fire incident on 11 December 2006.

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