New Bong Escape Hydropower Project turbines, housed in a semi submerged powerhouse complex, is evacuated through an in-out connecting arrangement with the double circuit 132 kVA Mangla/Kharian transmission line, which passes over the Project site. No right-of-way acquisition was needed since connection facility has been built within the Project site. The Project uses the water being discharged from the upstream existing hydropower plant (1,000 MW Mangla Hydroelectric Power Station) located at Mangla Dam. The raising of Mangla Dam has been completed recently by the Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and will result in increase in the storage capacity of the Mangla Dam (“Mangla
Afulilo Dam and grants. Water from the tall dam is sent down of headrace pipe before it reaches of penstock. The penstock terminates at Ta'elefaga Hydroelectric Plant where the water spins two Pelton turbine-generators. The elevation between the reservoir and the power station affords a hydraulic head (water drop) of . Efforts to add a third 2 MW turbine-generator and raise the dam by , thereby increasing the reservoir capacity by 50% to , are currently being studied. In April 2009 SMEC Holdings was awarded a consultancy contract for this work by the Asian Development Bank. Afulilo Dam The Afulilo Dam is