Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has awarded a contract worth Rs. 21.534 billion to install a telemetry system at 27 key points on the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) for real-time discharge monitoring. The contract has been awarded to a Joint Venture (JV) comprising CDigital and HBCC, with Siemens as a Subcontractor. As per the contract, the telemetry system will be commissioned in December 2026.

Chief Engineer and Project Director Indus Telemetry Project Waseem Ali and Chief Executive Officer Digital Muhammad Ahsan Bashir signed the agreement on behalf of WADA and the JV in a ceremony today. Member IRSA (Punjab), WAPDA’s Member (Finance), Member (Water), Member (Power), General Manager (Hydro Resource Management), and representatives of 45 Engineering Division, the Consultants, and the Contractors also attended the ceremony.

It is important to note that the Ministry of Water Resources has entrusted WAPDA with the crucial task of implementing a Telemetry System on the Indus Basin Irrigation System to address the issues of water distribution among the federating units. The approved PC-I of the Indus Telemetry Project amounts to Rs. 23.834 billion.