Daducha Dam’s foundation stone laid

Construction work on the long-anticipated Daducha Dam was formally launched on Friday after Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin laid the foundation stone for the project.

CM Naqvi inspected the site of the Daducha Dam project. He was given a briefing by the FWO officials on the construction of the dam. While talking with the media on this occasion, the Punjab CM stated that Rawalpindi city faces an acute shortage of water and the situation gets worse in summer as the shortfall reaches up to 60 MGD.

“We have got the work commenced on an emergency basis to address the shortage of water. This dam, being constructed at the cost of Rs14 billion, will meet a major chunk of water demand of the Rawalpindi city after its completion.”

It will provide 35 million gallons of clean drinking water daily to Rawalpindi.

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“The long overdue problem of the residents of Rawalpindi will be resolved with the construction of Daducha Dam.”

The Punjab chief secretary and Rawalpindi commissioner have put in a great amount of hard work to get this project commenced, he said.

CM Naqvi informed that preparations are being made in Murree before snowfall in the winter season.

The state-of-the-art project, which will ensure a daily supply of 35 million gallons of water to the garrison city, will be completed in two years at a cost of over Rs14 billion, he added.

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Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), the contract holder for the project, started working at the dam site after bringing machinery. The dam was proposed in 2001 and its contract was awarded to the FWO after 19 years, in 2020.

Daducha Dam is being built in Daducha, a small village on the outskirts of Rawalpindi. A total of 16,194 kanals of land have been acquired in Rawalpindi and Kallar Syedan for the construction of the project.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 2^nd, 2023.