📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- After the November 9 accident at Tarbela Dam's fifth expansion hydroelectric project (T5) in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, securit.
- Chairman Wapad directed the concerned authorities to review all aspects of the incident and submit an early report and minimize the possible.
- On the other hand, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif has also asked for a report on this accident and directed to identify the r.
After the November 9 accident at Tarbela Dam's fifth expansion hydroelectric project (T5) in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security arrangements are being tightened. Chairman WAPD Lieutenant General (retd) Muhammad Saeed has also ordered a departmental inquiry into the incident during his visit to the dam on Tuesday.
Chairman Wapad directed the concerned authorities to review all aspects of the incident and submit an early report and minimize the possible delay in completion of the project due to the accident.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif has also asked for a report on this accident and directed to identify the responsible parties and prevent such accidents in the future.
It may be noted that during the work on the fifth expansion hydroelectric project of Tarbela Dam in Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, the stored water entered the connecting tunnel of the project and the under-construction power house.
According to WAPDA, the incident occurred during the excavation of the second section of the connecting tunnel, when a weak part of the rock collapsed and as a result water started entering the tunnel and power house from the intake pit. According to officials, the overall structure of Tarbela Dam is completely safe.
