Work on Shinzani Dam in full swing

It will provide clean drinking water to the residents of Gwadar

QUETTA:

The construction work on Shinzani Dam is in full swing. The dam is beingbuilt to provide clean drinking water to the citizens of Gwadar district. According to official sources, the project is worth Rs500 million and will be completed during the course of the present financial year. Work on the project has been assigned to the construction firm after the tender was passed.

Under the supervision of Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, completion of the ongoing development projects in Gwadar and the work for uninterrupted provision of clean drinking water is the top priority of the provincial government.

According to a notification issued by the office of Deputy Commissioner Gwadar, a committee has been set up to compensate the victims of Shinzani Dam. District Forest Officer Gwadar, Deputy Director Agriculture Gwadar, and a representative of the victims of the Shinzani Dam site have been included in the committee members list.

The committee will soon formulate a mechanism to compensate the victims after conducting a survey. The residents of Gwadar thanked Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal for approving important projects for the development of the city.

They said that the current government has initiated record construction and development projects in Gwadar district and that the new era has begun with the construction of dams in the rain-fed areas of Gwadar district which will eventually solve the problem of drinking water.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 26^th, 2020.