 This contract includes design, supply and installation of the first stage's six 600 MW turbines, along with their generators, and transformers.As of March 2020, aside from the main civil works on diversion tunnels and powerhouse access, construction of the right bank access road, the relocation of Karakoram Highway, and the 132 kV transmission line was also under way.The project cost was revised from an initial Rs486.093 billion to Rs510.980 billion, mainly because of escalation of land cost.