During a briefing at the Mohmand Dam site, the prime minister underlining the need for timely completion of dams

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During a briefing at the Mohmand Dam site, the prime minister underlining the need for timely completion of dams, said country’s progress prosperity and economic development hinged upon their full and timely functioning.

The prime minister directed the relevant authorities to investigate the matter of impacts caused by recent flood by hiring an independent third party.

Earlier, Wapda Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Sajjad Ghani gave a briefing over the project.

Mohmand Dam is being constructed on River Swat in District Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which would be completed in 2026.

On completion, the dam will store about 1.2 million acre feet (MAF) of water and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera. Besides, supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 18,237 acres of new land will also be irrigated.

Mohmand Dam Power House will generate 800 megawatts (MW) of hydel electricity, contributing 2.86 billion units of low-cost and environment-friendly hydel electricity annually to the national grid. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs51.6 billion. (APP)