Work resumed in 2020 after land acquisition and arrangements of funding facility, the World Bank agreed[1] to contribute $700 million of the $4.2 billion as the government of Imran Khan decided to proceed ahead with the construction of the project, as part of the WAPDAs vision 2025.

[5] The main civil works, undertaken by China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, started in February 2018.

This contract includes design, supply and installation of the first stage's six 360 MW turbines, along with their generators, and transformers.

[9] As of December 2020, construction activities on the Main Civil Works (02 diversion tunnels, underground powerhouse, access tunnels), Right Bank Access Road, the relocation of Karakoram Highway, Project Colony, 132 kV transmission line, and Resettlement Sites for affected people are underway.

On 1 April 2020, the World Bank approved an additional US$700 million in financing, with the funds to be used for the 765 kV transmission line that will complete the first 2,160 MW phase of the project on the Indus River.