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Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project .....800 MW

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Construction work on 800 MW Mohmand Dam swiftly progressing, completion in 2025.

• 2 Billion 86 Crore units will be produced annually
• Peshawar, Nowshera & Charsadda will be protected from flood
• 1,80,000+ Acres will be irrigated
• 1.293 MAF Storage Capacity



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Construction work on 800 MW Mohmand Dam, completion in 2025

• 2 Billion 86 Crore units will be produced annually
• 1,80,000+ Acres will be irrigated
• 1.293 MAF Storage Capacity


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NA Standing Committee on PD, SI visits Mohmand Dam to review progress on project
Project’s 1st unit to be commissioned in December 2025,

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The delegation was briefed that Mohmand Dam is the 5th highest concrete-face-rock-fill Dam (CFRD) in the world. Construction work on as many as 13 sites is simultaneously underway on the project. These sites include diversion tunnels, power intake and power waterway, spillway, re-regulation pond, left bank irrigation tunnel, switchyard, power house, main dam abutment, access roads and project colony etc. This is a good omen for the project at a time when the whole world is adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was further briefed.

The delegation was informed that the first unit of the project will be commissioned in December 2025. 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. It was further briefed that a hefty amount of Rs. 4.5 billion will be spent on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in the project area for socio-economic development of the locals.
 

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