ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and former chief justice SaqibNisar on May 2 are scheduled to perform the ground-breaking of much-awaitedMohmand Dam at the project site, at Swat River, about five-kilometersupstream of Munda Headworks, Mohmand district.
According to a notification of the Ministry of Water and Power, allarrangements have been finalised.
The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has awarded contract ofthe project to a consortium led by Descon Engineering.
The project will be completed at the cost of about Rs183 billion.
Mohmand Dam would have a gross storage capacity to store 1.2 million acrefeet (MAF) water with power generation potential of 800-MW and it willirrigate around 16,000 acres of land and ensure supply of water to 160,000acres of land.
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The dam will generate profit of Rs52 billion annually. The project aims athelping mitigate risk of floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Mardan.
