PM visits site of Mohmand Dam to oversee construction work
Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the site of Mohmand Dam on Wednesday to review the ongoing construction work.
Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Lt Gen (retd) Muzammil Hussain briefed the prime minister on the progress of the project.
The Mohmand Dam hydro power project is the first mega dam in five decades, the groundbreaking of which Dam was performed by Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 2, 2019.
The Mohmand Dam being constructed on Swat River will help in areas including flood protection, agriculture and crop needs, water security and environment-friendly electricity supply.
The dam costing Rs 309.6 billion will be constructed 218 meters high with a storage capacity of 1.293 million acre feet water and will generate 800-megawatt electricity.
In the areas of electricity, irrigation and flood protection, Mohmand Dam will save Rs 51 billion annually. It will yield an annual revenue of Rs 45.76 billion and create over 6,100 job opportunities.
On directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the work on the project is in full swing which even was not halted during the pandemic.
The work is in progress at nine different sites and the WAPDA is committed to complete the project by year 2025.
Two canals are being constructed in Punjab, which on completion will greatly improve the supply of cheap electricity as well as water for agricultural purposes. It will produce 2.86 billion units of power annually.
The Mohmand Dam will save Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda from floods and will irrigate around 180,000 acres of land.