FROM WAPDA REPORT

The four each of half mile long, tunnels through the right (rock) abutment initially served for the diversion of water
during the final phases of construction of the Project. Now, they are being used for Power generation (tunnels 1, 2,
3 and eventually 4). The discharge capacity of each irrigation tunnel at higher reservoir elevations is approximately
90,000 cusecs (2,549 cumecs). The discharge pass through energy dissipater structures and the water returns to the
river. A fifth tunnel on the left bank designed to augment irrigation releases upto 80,000 cusecs (2,265 cumecs) at
high reservoir level, has also been added to the project.

Tunnels at Right Bank

Number 4
Length 2400 feet each (732 M)
Diameter (u/s gate shafts) 45 feet (13.72 M)
Diameter (d/s gate shafts) 36 feet (10.97 M)
Discharge Capacity 90,000 cusecs (2,549 cumecs)

Tunnels at Left Bank

Length 2760 feet (841 M)
Diameter (u/s gate shafts) 43.5 feet (13.26 M)
Diameter (d/s gate shafts) 36 feet (10.97 M)
Discharge Capacity 80,000 cusecs (2,265 (approximately) cumecs)

FROM WIKIPIDIE:

Tarbela-IV Extension Project[edit]

In September 2013, Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority signed a Rs. 26.053 billion contract with
Chinese firm Sinohydro and Germany's Voith Hydro for executing civil works on the 1,410 MW Tarbela-IV Extension
Project.[20] Construction commenced in February 2014,[21] and is expected to be completed by June 2017.[22] Upon
completion, the project will augment the Early Harvest Project of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.
The project is being constructed at tunnel 4 which was originally intended for irrigation but was later taken up for
power generation as country’s electricity demand increased.[16] As much of the infrastructure for the project already
exists, conversion of the irrigation tunnel into a hydroelectric tunnel was regarded as a cost-effective way to ease
Pakistan's energy shortfall.[23]
Annual benefits of the project were estimated at about Rs. 30.7 billion.[24] On an annual basis, over 70% of water
passing through Tarbela is discharged over spillways, while only a portion of the remaining 30% is used for
hydropower generation.[8]
As of February 2016, the Government of Pakistan states that 49% of works have been completed on the 4th phase
extension project.[25]
Financing[edit]
The project's cost was initially estimated to be $928 million,[24] but the cost was revised downwards to $651
million.[26] The World Bank had agreed to provide a $840 million loan for the project in June 2013.[27]
The loan had two components: The first is a $400 million International Development Association loan,[28] which will
be lent as a concessional loan at low interest rates.[29] The second portion consists of a $440 million from the World
Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[28] Pakistan's Water and Power Development
Authority was to provide the remaining $74 million required for construction,[30] before the project's cost was
downwardly revised by $277 million. Interest costs for the loans are estimated to cost $83.5 million. [31]
Because of revised lower costs to $651 million from $928 million, the World Bank permitted Pakistani officials to
expedite completion of the project by 8 months at a cost of an additional $51 million.[32] Pakistani officials were also
permitted to divert $126 million towards the Tarbela-V Extension Project.[32]

Tarbela-V Extension Project[edit]

The Tarbela Dam was built with five original tunnels, with the first three dedicated to hydropower generation, and
the remaining two slated for irrigation use. The fourth phase extension project uses the first of the two irrigation
tunnels, while the fifth phase extension will use the second irrigation tunnel.[33] Pakistan's Water and Power
Development Authority sought expressions of interest for the Tarbela-V Extension Project in August 2014,[34] and
was given final consent for construction in September 2015.[33]
Construction is yet[when?] to begin but will require an estimated 3.5 years for completion.[33] The project will require
installation of three turbines with a capacity of 470 MW each in Tarbela's fifth tunnel which was previously
dedicated to agricultural use.[35] Upon completion, the total power generating capacity of Tarbela Dam will be
increased to 6,298 MW.[35]
The hydro power project of tunnel 5 has two major components: power generation facilities and power evacuation
facilities. The major works included under the project are modifications to tunnel 5 and building a new power house
and its ancillaries to generate about 1,800GWh of power annually, a new 50 km of 500kV double-circuit
transmission line from Tarbela to the Islamabad West Grid Station for power evacuation, and a new 500kV
Islamabad West Grid Station.
Financing[edit]
In November 2015, the World Bank affirmed that it would finance at least $326 million of the project's estimated
$796 million cost[33] which includes $126 million of funding that was diverted from the $840 million fourth phase
extension project after costs for that project were revised downwards.[33] On September 2016, the World Bank
approved an additional financing of $390 million for the fifth extension hydropower project of Tarbela dam that will
support the scaling up of the power generation capacity by adding 1,410 megawatts to the existing tunnel 5.
The project will be financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), with a variable
spread and 20-year maturity, including a six-year grace period. This will be the first World Bank-supported project in
South Asia to be jointly financed with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which will be providing $300m
and the Government of Pakistan $133.5m. The total cost of the project is $823.5m.