 WAPDA awarded the contract to SAMBU-SARCO joint venture comprising a Korean and a Pakistani firm.Sambu, an independent power provider (IPP), won the project in the last quarter of 2010 and construction work started in Jan 2011

Sambu has already successfully completed Pakistan's first IPP hydropower plant, 84MW New Bong Escape Hydropower Project, which is commercially operational since March 2013.Korean company has also been awarded a contract to construct Pakistan's third IPP hydropower plant, 100MW Gulpur Hydropower Project on BOOT (Build, Own, Operate, Transfer) basis Joint Venture with other Korean firm and execution of work is in progress.