PAKISTAN’S CHINA-MADE CPEC DAM COLLAPSES! Corruption-hit Tarbela floods twice in 15 months | Kinjal
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Pakistan’s Tarbela Dam project has suffered a second collapse in just 15 months. On 9 November 2026, water flooded Tunnel 5 of the Tarbela 5th Extension (T-5) Hydropower Project, and work has been stopped indefinitely. The project is being built by China’s state giant PowerChina, the flagship CPEC contractor, and its cost has exploded from Rs 82 billion to Rs 316 billion.
In August 2025, a cofferdam at the same project collapsed and flooded the powerhouse. Pakistan’s own government inquiry later blamed an unauthorised switch to a weaker design proposed by the Chinese contractor, irregular payments, and failures by WAPDA and the project consultant. Now water has broken in again. Is this bad luck, or a pattern of Chinese shortcuts and Pakistani mismanagement?
In this video, Kinjal Choudhary explains:
What exactly happened at Tarbela T-5 on 9 November, and why local officials and WAPDA are telling different stories
The August 2025 cofferdam collapse and what Pakistan’s inquiry report revealed
PowerChina’s role in Tarbela, Diamer-Bhasha and CPEC
The corruption and irregularities flagged in the project, from irregular payments to a “dubious” consultant
How the cost rose 282% and why Tarbela’s power may become Pakistan’s most expensive renewable electricity
Is a bigger disaster looming? The silt “mountain” creeping toward Tarbela’s tunnels and the earthquake risk
Neelum-Jhelum and the wider pattern of failures at Chinese-built hydropower projects in Pakistan
What this means for India: Diamer-Bhasha in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, and China’s mega-dam on the Brahmaputra
Key facts:
Project: Tarbela 5th Extension, 1,530 MW, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Builder: PowerChina (civil), Harbin Electric (equipment)
Funding: World Bank and AIIB, about $700 million in loans
Cost: Rs 82 billion (2017) → Rs 316 billion (2026)
Collapses: August 2025 and November 2026
Sources: Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Pioneer, ANI, Pakistan Planning Commission statements, and Pakistan’s Ministry of Water Resources inquiry report as reported in the press.
Presented by Kinjal Choudhary
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