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PM to visit Mohmand Dam construction site today
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Mohmand Dam site on Wednesday today to review the construction work.
As per details, Imran Khan performed the groundbreaking of Mohmand Dam in 2019. The dam is being constructed on River Swat in Mohmand District.
This multipurpose dam wort 309.6 billion rupees will have a height of 213 meter.
Its water storage capacity is 1.293 million acre feet and will help generate eight hundred megawatts of electricity.
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is committed to complete the project in its stipulated period by 2025.
However, chairman WAPDA Muzammil Hussain will brief the Prime Minister about the progress on the project today.
In terms of electricity, irrigation and flood protection, the country will accrue an annual benefit of fifty one billion rupees after the completion of Mohmand Dam.
On the special directions of the Prime Minister, work on the project is in full swing without any halt due to the COVID-19.
The Prime Minister will also attend a ceremony in Peshawar today regarding distribution of low cost family flats amongst the laborers under Naya Pakistan Housing program.
Executed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, 2056 family flats will be given on propriety rights to the registered workers of the province. Three percent quota for widows and two percent for disabled persons have been allocated in it.
The low cost housing project also has a school comprising thirty class rooms. Prime Minister Imran Khan will also speak on the occasion.
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