The beginning of the reservoir impoundment is a milestone of the project, and will pave the way for the wet testing of the generator units, said Wang Yi, the construction site manager of the Karot Hydropower Project of China Three Gorges Corporation.

Since the groundbreaking of the project, the Chinese and Pakistani engineers and workers at the project have jointly overcome different challenges including COVID-19 pandemic. To date, around 95 percent of the project has been completed, and all the units of the station are expected to generate electricity in the first half of 2022, Wang added.

The Karot hydropower project in Karot, Punjab Province, Pakistan is the fourth level of the five-cascade hydropower stations planned for the Jhelum River. With a total investment around 1.74 billion U.S. dollars, this 720-megawatt project is expected to annually generate some 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity once put into operation, reducing 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. 

Source：Xinhua