WAPDA to build 32 dams

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LAHORE: In addition to implementing mega projects in the water and hydropower sectors, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has planned 32 small and medium-sized dams in the country.

This was announced during a briefing arranged on Monday for a SAARC Energy Centre delegation at the WAPDA House.

Briefing the delegation, Adviser to WAPDA on Diamer-Basha Dam Project Dr Izharul Haq said construction of eight small and medium-sized dams – two in each province – would be undertaken in the first phase.

He said the projects included Hingol and Naulong dams in Balochistan, Nai Gaj and Khadeji dams in Sindh, Bara and Chudwan Zam dams in the NWFP and Ghabir Dam and Dera Ghazi Khan hill torrents in Punjab. These dams had been planned to tap localised water and power resources, Haq said.

He said WAPDA was constructing five hydropower projects under its Vision 2025 programme. staff report

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