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Bunji Dam

Pakistan

The 20th largest power station in the world

7.1 GW · Capacity

Bunji Dam is proposed large hydro-power project on Indus River in Bunji, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. If built it would be Pakistan's second largest hydropower project. The feasibility study of the project was carried out by joint consultant firms Artelia and Sogreah Consultants of France, Nippon Koei of Japan and Development, Mott MacDonald of UK and Management consultants, MM Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. (MMP), and DMC of Pakistan. The Gravity RCC dam will be 190 m high and will have an installed capacity of 7100 MW. In 2009, Pakistan and China signed an MoU for the construction of Bunji Dam. The accord was signed between Ministry of Water and Power, Pakistan and Three Gorges Project Corporation, China. The construction cost of the dam is US$8.1 billion.

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