The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has fully restored the Gomal Zam Hydropower Station after bringing its second generating unit back online for the first time in eight years, enabling the facility to resume its full electricity generation capacity of 17.4 megawatts (MW). According to WAPDA, both generating units at the hydropower station stopped operating in October 2016 due to a major technical fault. One unit was repaired and restored in June 2018, allowing the station to generate 8.7MW, while the second unit remained out of service because of the complexity of the damage.

According to WAPDA, both generating units at the hydropower station stopped operating in October 2016 due to a major technical fault. One unit was repaired and restored in June 2018, allowing the station to generate 8.7MW, while the second unit remained out of service because of the complexity of the damage.

The authority said the repaired unit has now been successfully synchronized with the national grid after completing all required technical, operational and safety tests.

With both units operational, the hydropower station has resumed full-capacity generation, increasing the supply of low-cost, clean electricity to the national grid and strengthening power supply in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly the Dera Ismail Khan Division.

WAPDA said the rehabilitation project to restore the remaining unit began in April 2026 at a cost of Rs. 359.5 million. The project was completed within 80 days, ahead of schedule, and the unit was recommissioned on June 25, 2026.

The Gomal Zam Hydropower Station is connected to the national grid through the 132-kilovolt South Waziristan Lower Tank transmission line and has the capacity to generate approximately 90.9 million units of low-cost electricity annually.

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