Diamer Basha Dam construction Updates

[ghazi52]

China rejects India’s objection over construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam
May 15, 2020



BEIJING, May 15 (APP):China on Friday rejected the objection raised by India over construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam and said economic cooperation between China and Pakistan was aimed at promoting economic development and improving the well-being of the local population.

“China and Pakistan conduct the economic cooperation in order to promote the economic development and improve the well-being of the local population,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said while responding to a question about construction of the dam during his regular briefing here.

About Indian External Affairs Ministry’s stance, he said that China’s position on the issue of Kashmir was consistent.

The spokesperson said the project was mutually beneficial and win-win for the two all-weather friends and strategic cooperative partners.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed to immediately start construction activities of the dam after all issues related to critically important Daimer-Bhasha Dam, including settlement, detailed road-map for mobilization of financial resources, were resolved.

The Diamer-Bhasha Dam is a 4,500-megawatt project with an estimated cost of US$ 15 billion and would be one of the largest dams in the world after completion.

The project, being termed as a positive stimulus for Pakistan’s economy, will not only create 16,500 jobs but also generate 4,500 MW of electricity.

The project will also irrigate 1.2 million acres of agricultural land while extending the life of Tarbela Dam by 35 years.

 

[ghazi52]

 

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[Foxtrot Delta]

How much target has been reached so far? I donated to it at the time of appeal and it seems like a long time ago.

I wont blame the government if they use some of the money for supported the most vulnerable during current crisis. But PMIK clearly mentioned they will not be using it. Who will you build the dam for if people are dieing of hunger cause they don’t have money to buy food during current crisis.

Its all about prioritising stuff.

Yep it was a lomg time ago we will donate once again and keep donating if work is started for sure

 

[Imran Khan]

do not talk just start work day night with full speed as china do . our people are crazy they can create an issue from nothing .

 

[Prince Kassad]

Impressive job executed by Pakistan Army and China.

 

[ghazi52]

Dam deal
Editorial
May 15, 2020

THE government has finally closed the deal for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam.

The Rs442bn contract has been awarded to a joint venture comprising China Power and the Frontier Works Organisation.

The world’s tallest roller compact concrete dam is but a part of a multipurpose Rs 1.4 Trillion hydropower enterprise that will be funded through public-sector development and commercial loans.

The 4,500 MW power station will be built later.

That the contract for the dam construction has been awarded nearly 40 years after the project was originally conceived, 16 years after its feasibility was completed, 12 after its design was finalised and almost 10 years after it was approved by the CCI speaks volumes for the financial difficulties and political issues in implementing a large water development scheme.

In between, one president and three prime ministers found time to lay its foundation stones between 1998 and 2011.

Recently, work on Diamer-Bhasha was delayed by international lenders’ decision to pull out of the project after India objected to the location of the dam, which straddles Gilgit-Baltistan and KP.

Last year, the government decided to split the project into two major components — the dam project to be constructed with public-sector funds and the power project to be developed in IPP mode — and involve Chinese firms and money to complete it.

The Diamer-Bhasha project is an economically important enterprise as it will create water storage of 8.1MAF for agriculture and generate 81bn units of clean electricity once it is completed in 2028.

It is also billed to save the economy Rs23bn in flood losses annually, bring 1.23m acres of additional land under cultivation, reduce water shortages from 12MAF to 6.1MAF, increase water storage capacity from 30 days to 48 days, and add 35 years to the life of Tarbela by reducing sedimentation.

During its construction, the project is expected to create 16,550 jobs (mostly for the local population), generate a large demand for cement and steel, and stimulate economic growth, which is estimated to contract by up to 1.5pc owing to the pandemic.

The years between 1958 and 1976 were seen as the best period for the development of the water sector and hydropower projects in the country.

Tarbela and Mangla are also from the same period.

It was followed by a largely dry spell until 2007 when the pace of such projects picked up as water shortages became more acute and thermal electricity generation unaffordable and erratic — this in spite of the Water Apportionment Accord of 1991 between the provinces that underlines the need for building more water storages to store floodwaters and overcome growing shortages.

The availability of water for irrigation is declining and weather patterns are getting erratic because of climate change.

The country needs to build large storage capacity to save wastage of water in order to protect food security and the Indus Basin habitat.

Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2020

 

[Dark-Destroyer]

How much will this increase our water storage by and what is our current storage number

 

[ghazi52]

• Gross Storage

8.10 MAF (10 BCM)

• Live Storage

6.40 MAF (7.9 BCM)


The 6.4 MAF (Million Acre Feet) water storage capacity of the dam would reduce the current water shortage in the country of 12 MAF to 6.1 MAF. It would add 35 years to the life of Tarbela Dam by reducing sedimentation. An area of 1.23 million acres of land would be brought under agriculture due to the dam.

How much will this increase our water storage by and what is our current storage number

Water Resources secretary Sohail Ahmad Khwaja, while briefing the Senate Committee on water scarcity regarding water availability in the country and its storage said that the current water available resources are 138 MAF with a storage capacity of 13.7 million acre feet. It is only 10 percent of the available water resources.

 

[volatile]

Can't believe we still have worshippers of pig Nawaz Sharif on here. This dam and several others are only being constructed because of the efforts of the present government. This fact must burn like hot iron on skin for mindless patwaris like you. Long may your pain and suffering continue Inshallah and Allah add to your misery and despair Ameen

SubhanAllah you are as good as it gets ,Allah bless you .Regarding suffering from pain i can only say bless you

5 saal ma tu in sa start na hua...mostly projects musharaf ka zamany na start hua...ppp r n league tu bus delay krtay gy.chahy wo neelum ho,nandipur ho etc
Tu credit jahn banta hi usi ko hi mily ga...IK n musharaf...baki sab na in projects ma mulak ko nauksan dia...

As you say and believe facts remains part of history

 

[ZAC1]

SubhanAllah you are as good as it gets ,Allah bless you .Regarding suffering from pain i can only say bless you


As you say and believe facts remains part of history

Allah ap ko hidyat da...

 

[volatile]

Allah ap ko hidyat da...

Aur Allah App ko

 

[FuturePAF]

How much will this increase our water storage by and what is our current storage number

somewhere around 60% (based upon the increase from 30 day water storage to 48 day water storage) per the recent wide side video on the topic. I haven’t looked myself, but it’s a function of this dam’s storage and how much it allows other dams to store

 

[Dark-Destroyer]

somewhere around 60% (based upon the increase from 30 day water storage to 48 day water storage) per the recent wide side video on the topic. I haven’t looked myself, but it’s a function of this dam’s storage and how much it allows other dams to store

We need to build more and more dams we need atleast 100 day plus water storage.