Future Planning: Bhasha Dam a priority, says WAPDA chief

Project to store 8.1 million acre feet of water for agriculture.

LAHORE: Wapda Chairman Syed Raghib Shah said on Thursday that Diamer Bhasha Dam is a project of national as well as international importance, and the government is treating it as a priority project. He shared his thoughts in a meeting with Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana. The project will not only store 8.1 million acre feet of water for agriculture but also provide about 20 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 18^th, 2013.