Work in full swing to plug crater at Tarbela project site

HARIPUR: The civil work, meant to plug the crater caused by the collapse of a weak rock mass in the intake pit area of the Tarbela Dam 5th Extension Hydropower Project (T-5), is in full swing. Engineers and project workers are busy round the clock to ensure the project is commissioned according to schedule, according to an official source at the project site. On Monday morning, a weak rock mass collapsed during excavation of the 2nd Bench Connecting Tunnel, causing water from the intake pit to e

Source: Dawn