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Wapda chairman visits Mohmand dam site


PESHAWAR: Wapda Chairman Lt Gen (Retd) Muzzamil Hussain Friday visited building site of multifaceted Mohmand Dam, which is being built on the upstream of River Swat that will help produce 800MW power for the nation.



Talking on the event, Wapda director said Mohmand dam was a multidimensional hydropower venture conveyed immense potential to meet Pakistan's vitality and water prerequisites. He said development chip away at interface streets from Monda headwork was in progress that would give better correspondence offices to individuals and development laborers.


On May 2, Prime Minister Imran Khan has played out the earth shattering service of Mohmand dam and pronounced it an actual existence line venture for Pakistan.


The dam is an extraordinary activity of the government that won't just give an economical power to shoppers however would help inundate thousands sections of land of fruitless land other than arrangement of clean drinking water offices to occupants of Peshawar.


The venture will supply 13.32 million cubic meter water from Mohmand dam store to Peshawar city.


The venture is booked to be finished in five years and eight months and on consummation will store about 1.2 million section of land feet (MAF) of water.


Its development will assist national with controlling approach accomplish the double objectives of meeting Pakistan's vitality needs in a supportable way and guaranteeing age of moderate power, while decreasing existing vitality's inventory hole.


The administrator stated, "Mohmand dam was a life saver venture for Pakistan that will help give openings for work to around 6000 individuals in the zone."

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