ISLAMABAD – The government has embarked upon an ambitious plan to storeadditional 10 million acre feet of water by 2030 in order to enhancecountry’s water storage capacity.
Sources told APP here that over 7.1 MAF water would be stored throughconstruction of Diamer Basha and Mohmand dams while remaining would be metthrough building small storage dams in all provinces during the said period.
They said that physical work had already been started on Mohmand Dam and itwould likely to be completed before flood season of 2024.
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The Mohmand Dam will not only generate 800 megawatt cheap hydel electricitybut also store over 1.2 million acre feet.—APP
