Pakistan to construct 10 dams by 2028: Imran Khan
He visited the Mohmand Dam site, reviewed progress
The government's aim is to construct 10 dams across Pakistan by 2028, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
The premier visited the Mohmand Dam site on Wednesday and reviewed its construction progress. Addressing a ceremony in Peshawar, he said that the government is initiating the Decade of Dams project.
"The Mohmand Dam will solve the water and electricity woes of the people in the region and I'm confident that its construction will be completed on time."
The construction of the dam began in May 2019 and has been ongoing despite the coronavirus pandemic. The dam is being built on Swat River to prevent flooding.
This multipurpose dam costing Rs309.6 billion will have a height of 213m. It will have a water storage capacity of 1.293 million acre-feet and help generate 800 megawatts of electricity.
Once completed, the Mohmand Dam will bring in benefits worth approximately Rs51 billion in the sectors of electricity, agriculture, and food production.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project site today. The dam is the first mega dam in 5 decades.
— Prime Minister's Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) May 19, 2021
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI performed the groundbreaking of the project on May 2,2019#PakistanProgressesWithPMIK pic.twitter.com/ZVX0ipcljl
During his visit, the PM met WAPDA Chairperson Muzammil Hussain. The Water and Power Development Authority aims to complete the project by 2025.
Prime Minister Imran Khan also visited Peshawar for the inauguration of a low-cost housing project. Over 2,000 family flats will be given propriety rights to registered labourers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A 3% quota for widows and 2% for disabled persons have been allocated as well.
The low-cost housing project also has a school comprising 30 classrooms.
"Through this project, labourers will be able to buy their own houses at low-cost installments," the PM said, pointing out that the government's utmost priority was to facilitate the poor segments of the society.
A nation can only succeed through two things: by creating a justice system equal for all and by empowering the poor segments of the society. "This is how the world's first welfare state, Madina, was run," he said.
The premier congratulated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for being the first province to provide universal healthcare for its residents. "In the history of Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the first province to distribute health cards to all its people."
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