The results of the tender for carrying out enabling works for construction of the Sebzor hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Roshtqala district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region have been announced.
The Limited Liability Company (LLC) Madad, which is based in GBAO’s Shugnan District, has reportedly won the tender to carry out the enabling works.
The enabling works include construction of access road and construction Sebzor HPP main operation facility in Construction of Sebzor Hydropower Plant Project in GBAO’s Roshtqala District.
The Sebzor hydropower plant is expected to be introduced into operation in 2022.
Tajikistan has reportedly allocated more than 470 million somoni for construction of this hydropower plant.
An official commencement of construction of the Sebzor HPP took place on July 29, 2015.
The Sebzor HPP with capacity of 10 MW is expected to allow meeting the region’s requirements in electricity and exporting electricity to the neighboring areas of Afghanistan.
The hydropower plant that is being built in the Sebzor area of the Mirsaid Mirshakar jamoat some 15 kilometers of Khorog, the capital of GBAO, will generate up to 60 million KWh of electricity per year.
The Sebzor hydropower plant is being constructed within the framework of the program of construction of small hydropower plants at the expense of domestic and foreign investors for the period of 2009-2020.
Adopted by the Government of Tajikistan in 2009, this program provides for the construction of 189 small hydropower plants with a total capacity of 103.6 MW and generation of 800 million kWh of electricity per year.
