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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HYDROPOWER PROJECT Min Byeong Soo Chief Executive Officer, Mira Power Limited Pakistan Hong Young Jin General Manager (Admin & HR), Mira Power Limited Pakistan Nadim Ullah Senior Manager (Admin & HR), Mira Power Limited Pakistan 1. INTRODUCTION Korea Energy (KOEN) is a leading state owned generation company of Republic of Korea which owns and maintains 13.1% (10,329MW) of total generation capacity of Korea. To comply with KOEN “Vision 2025” regarding adding of green and clean energy to the grid, KOEN acquired Mira Power Limited on mutual benefit basis where Pakistan was facing acute shortage of energy. Mira Power Limited, a subsidiary of Korea Energy (KOEN) is a special purpose company, setup to design, construct, own, operate and maintain 102 MW Gulpur hydro power plant as shown in Fig. 1 under Government of Pakistan’s Policy for Power Generation Projects 2002 as adopted in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. The Project “Gulpur Hydropower” is administratively located in Kotli district, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan at latitude 33°27’48.99" and longitude 73°51’48.99", about five Km south of Kotli Town on the Poonch River, a tributary of Jhelum River. The site is about 167 Km from Islamabad and 285 Km from Lahore as shown in Fig. 2. 654