Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said the country will soon have two new big dams, five decades after construction of Tarbela and Mangla dams.
The premier posted a video of the under-construction Mohmand dam on his official Twitter account. The video showed the progress of construction and various side projects.
"After Mangla & Tarbela, five decades later Pakistan is going to have two big water dams, Mohmand and Basha."
After Mangla & Tarbela, five decades later Pakistan is going to have two big water dams, Mohmand and Basha. pic.twitter.com/lM8O5xewuW
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 8, 2020
Mohmand Dam will generate 800 megawatts of hydroelectricity, irrigate over 16,000 acres of land and heavily contribute to the socio-economic uplift of the region.
On February 16, it was reported that construction work on the multi-purpose Mohmand dam and hydropower project is being carried out day and night and the project is going ahead at a good pace.
And on June 25, contractors of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam had started mobilising to the project site to start the construction, the participants of a meeting held at the Wapda Complex were informed.
The two new dams, due to be completed in a few years, will increase water storage in the country and all mitigate flood downstream.
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