WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (R) Muzammil Hussain Has Said That Share Of Hydropower Generation Would Gradually Be Increased In Total Energy Mix So…
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as to reduce the cost of doing business and facilitate the growth of business activities.
The WAPDA chairman said this while exchanging views with a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), led by its President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed.
The chairman gave a detailed briefing to the ICCI delegation about the water reservoir projects being constructed by the WAPDA across the country. He said that the construction activities on the strategically important Diamer-Bhasha Dam project are picking up pace and that the project would provide over 16,000 jobs to the engineers and local people, leading to poverty alleviation and socio-economic uplift of the local area.
He said that Diamer-Basha Dam is at the highest point of the world with a water storage capacity of 8.1 million acre feet (MAF) and power generation capacity of 4,500MW.
“This dam is a vital project for water, food and energy security of Pakistan and will go a long way in stabilizing the economy,” he opined, adding that the dam would produce low-cost Energy Mix that would boost the country’s industrial and agricultural productivity.
He also briefed the ICCI delegation about the under-construction Hydropower Generation projects including Keyal Khawar, Dasu, Khurram Tangi dams. He said that Mohmad Dam, Bunji Dam and Tarbela-5th Extension are also ready for construction and all these dams would be instrumental in generating cheap hydropower in the country.
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