ISLAMABAD: Engr Lt Gen (R) Sajjad Ghani, Chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), on Wednesday visited the Mohmand Dam Project and reviewed construction activities on different sites, especially the spillway and the river diversion tunnels.
The construction works relating to excavation, stabilization, and concreting were being carried out simultaneously on the sites. The chairman also presided over a progress review meeting during his visit.
The meeting was attended by the GM/PD Mohmand Dam Project, key members of his team, and representatives of the Consultants and the contractors.
The chairman was briefed about the progress achieved so far on spillway excavation and concreting, river diversion tunnels, project colony, and permanent access roads in the project area.
The status of quarry development, coffer (starter) dam design, and schedule for river diversion were also discussed in detail during the meeting. The chairman was told that concerted efforts were being made to complete the diversion system as per the schedule.
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Emphasizing the timely completion of the diversion system, the chairman urged the contractor to ensure the diversion of River Swat during the current low-flow season. He also asked the contractor to make additional resources available for the purpose.
Mohmand Dam Project
Mohmand Dam is one of the 8 under-construction mega projects of WAPDA for the addition of about ten MAF of water storage and ten thousand MW hydropower in a phased manner from 2024 to 2028.
The dam is scheduled for completion in 2026. It will store 1.29 MAF of water, irrigate 18,233 acres of new land, supplement irrigation supplies to 160,000 acres of existing land, and provide three hundred million gallons of water per day to Peshawar for drinking purposes.
The installed power generation capacity of the project stands at eight hundred MW with annual energy generation of 2.86 billion units of green, clean, and economically affordable hydel electricity.
