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Mohmand Dam - Construction Progress

The latest construction activities can be witnessed at Mohmand Dam Project. The expected completion date of the project is in 2025.

The Mohmand dam is being developed approximately 48km north of Peshawar at the intersection of Mohmand and Charsadda district.

The Mohmand Dam hydropower project will include a 213m-high concrete-faced rock-filled dam and two 3,317m-long low-level river diversion outlets with a diameter of 15m. The dam will feature seven radial gates with a width of 15m and height of 21m.

The reservoir will have a storage capacity of 1,594 million cubic metres (Mcm). It is expected to provide irrigation, drinking water facilities, and electricity generation. Peshawar city will receive 13.32Mcm of water upon completion of the project.
Mohmand dam will also irrigate 16,737 acres of cultivable area The left bank will cultivate 9,017 acres and the right bank will cultivate 7,720 acres.
 
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Chairman WAPDA Mr. Naveed Asghar visited Mohmand Dam Hydropower project site, a mega hydro project undertaken by Chinese company.
After completion, it will add 800MW of clean energy to the national grid & will contribute to Pakistan in flood control, irrigation & water supply.
May 17, 2022

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Under Construction - Mohmand Dam 800MW...
Left Bank Irrigation Tunnel with Blasting , Excavation and Support Works in progress.


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Update on 800 MW Under Construction Mohmand Dam.
Work is being done simultaneously on nine different sites. It could be operational by 2025.


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Mohmand Dam – Excavation commenced for Left Bank irrigation Tunnel.

The tunnel is located at left bank which is almost 5 km long with 746m access tunnel.
Similarly, one Tunnel is at Right Bank having 3.5 km length with 1km access Tunnel.

These tunnels will provide irrigation water to the area and small powerhouse is proposed to generate 4.3MW power from these tunnels.


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The government of Pakistan and the OPEC Fund signed a financing agreement amounting to $72 million for Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP).
 
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Water Resources Federal Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz and WAPDA Chairman Lt. Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) today visited Mohmand Dam Project to review the situation in the project area in the wake of the unprecedented flood peaks in River Swat.

Water Resources Federal Secretary and WAPDA Chairman had a detailed round of various components of the project to have first hand information about adverse impact of the flood in the project area. Mohmand Dam Project Director, senior WAPDA officers, representatives of the Consultants and the Contractor were also present during their visit.

Mohmand Dam Project management made a detailed presentation about the pre and post-flood situations. The Federal Secretary and the Chairman were briefed that construction activities were continuing at a good pace on as many as 14 locations of the project prior to the flood that severely hit the construction area yesterday.

They were also briefed about the impact of the flood and loss to different components of the project, especially diversion tunnels, re-regulation pond and periphery roads on both banks of River Swat in the project area. It was further briefed that this loss and impact will affect timelines of the project’s completion. The Federal Secretary and the Chairman were also apprised of the measures taken by the project management to avoid any further loss.

Speaking on the occasion, WAPDA Chairman said that the prompt response of the project management to such unprecedented flood had not only helped minimize impact of the flood but also save precious lives of the engineers and workers at the construction sites, which is commendable. He said that the construction activities shall be resumed immediately after passage of the flood. The Chairman directed the project management to devise a contingency plan in consultation with the Consultants and the Contractor to overcome possible delays in completion of the project.

It is pertinent to mention that Mohmand Dam is being constructed on River Swat in District Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the 5th highest concrete-face-rock-fill Dam (CFRD) in the world. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026.

On completion, the dam will store about 1.2-million-acre feet (MAF) of water and help mitigate floods in Peshawar, Charsadda and Naushera. Besides supplementing 160,000 acres of existing land, about 18,237 acres of new land will also be irrigated. Mohmand Dam Power House will generate 800 megawatt (MW) hydel electricity, contributing 2.86 billion units of low-cost and environment friendly hydel electricity annually to the National Grid. In addition, 300 million gallons water per day will also be provided to Peshawar for drinking purpose. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs. 51.6 billion.



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