পাকিস্তান আমলের বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদন (১৯৬১ পর্যন্ত)
In East Pakistan power has so far been derived from stream or diesel. Its installed generating capacity has risen from 74,400 kilowatts in 1955 to 175,200 in 1960. With the completion of the Karnaphuli Project the installed capacity will be substantially increased.
Taking Pakistan as a whole, the installed generating capacity has nearly tripled between 1955 (342,400 kilowatts) and 1960 (906,ooo kilowatts). The total capacity by 1965 will be 1,272,000 kilowatts. The consumption per capita had risen from ten units in 1955 to thirty units in 1960. Against this, the consumption per capita in India is 38, Turkey 92, Japan 870, U.K. 2,083, U.S.A. 4,159 and Canada 5,640.
The story of power generation in West Pakistan is one of ever-increasing capacity. In 1947 the installed capacity was 28,000 kilowatts; the only power-stations worth the name were the Malakand hydro-electric station in the old NorthWestern Frontier Province and the Shahdara thermal station near Lahore. With the completion of the Rasul and Dargai stations in 1952-53 and of some diesel plants, the installed capacity of the Punjab and Frontier areas rose to about 110,000 kilowatts.
The discovery of natural gas at Sui in 1953 gave a fresh impetus to power development. The construction of a power-station at Multan using Sui gas was started in 1957 with a proposed capacity of 135,700 kilowatts. It has now been decided to increase its capacity to 265,700 kilowatts. Work has also begun on the large hydroelectric station at Warsak, and canal-falls hydro-electric stations at Chichoki Mallian, Shadiwal and Nandipur (Gujranwala) have already been constructed. By the end of 1959, the installed thermal and hydro-electric generating capacity of West Pakistan rose to 129,000 kilowatts and by the end of 1960 it had risen to about 550,300 kilowatts, excluding the industrial establishments which themselves had a capacity of 180,000 kilowatts.
Reference:
A Geography of Pakistan, Dr Kazi S Ahmad, pp. 68-70
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