*ISLAMABAD – Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Rear Admiral Jamil Akhtar onThursday presented a cheque of over 137 million rupees as donation to theSupreme Court of Pakistan’s Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dams Fund.*
He presented this cheque during a meeting with the CJP at the Supreme Courtof Pakistan in Islamabad.
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has informed thegovernment that the construction of two major dams — Mohmand andDiamer-Bhasha — will begin in first two quarters of the next year.
The total approved cost of both the dams is around Rs883 billion. Theauthorities had invited consultancy firms to submit proposals for theRs478bn Diamer-Bhasha dam.
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Around Rs4.89 billion have been received so far for the dams.
