Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-riverhydroelectric power generation station having about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each). It is located at the region of Dargai, Malakand within the province of Khyber Pajhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is functions on the flow of the Swat River. It is about 210 km far from Pakistan's capital Islamabad and 45 km from the city of Mardan. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in December, 1952, generating an average annual yield of 162 million units (GWh) of much needed least expensive electricity.[1][2]
Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location of Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II) in Pakistan
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