Rs. 442 bn accord for construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam signed

[PakAlp]

We all managed to donate 52lakh for the dam. Alot of money since it's a small area. Most people realise how important dams are for Pakistan and are baffled why the previous governments didn't do anything about this. How is it possible we ran out of electricity which cost us billions due to the damage caused to the economy.
Where were our policy makers? The thinktanks?

 

[ziaulislam]

DIAMER BASHA DAM PROJECT CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION, CONSULTANCY SERVICES
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May 13, 2020: In the wake of a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Mr. Imran Khan couple of days ago about water security and construction of mega dams including Diamer Basha Dam Project, all efforts are underway by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to ensure timely mobilization of the contractor and effective follow up on Diamer Basha Dam Project.

For the purpose, an agreement worth Rs. 442 Billion with a Joint Venture namely Power China-FWO was signed today for construction of diversion system, main dam, access bridge and 21 MW-Tangir Hydropower Project.

Diamer Basha Dam Chief Executive Officer Amir Bashir Chaudhry and authorized representativeYang Jiandu, signed the agreement on behalf of WAPDA and the Joint Venture respectively. Water Resources Federal Minister Muhammad Faisal Vawda, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, Water Resources Federal Secretary Muhammad Ashraf, WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd), Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief Lt Gen Moazzam Ejaz and FWO DG Maj Gen Kamal Azfar were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the ceremony, Water Resources Federal Minister Muhammad Faisal Vawda congratulated WAPDA and Power China-FWO Joint Venture, saying that today’s event is a good omen for construction of much-needed dams in Pakistan. He said that construction of Diamer Basha Dam will commence in a few weeks. He said that Diamer Basha Dam is a phenomenal project to ensure water, food and energy security in Pakistan. Dilating upon the developments of water sector by the incumbent Federal Government, the Minister said that after Mohmand Dam, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in May last year, Diamer Basha is the second mega multi-purpose dam that is to be started in a span of just one year which is unprecedented in Pakistan’s history.

Speaking on the occasion, WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) said that Diamer Basha Dam will go a long way for economic development and social uplift of the country. He reiterated that WAPDA is committed to completing this mega project in accordance with the time lines to cope with the increasing water and electricity requirement in the country. Diamer Basha Dam Project, with a total financial outlay of about Rs. 1406.5 billion will be completed in 2028. The total financial outlay includes land acquisition and resettlement, confidence building measures for social uplift of the locals, construction of dam and power houses. The Project has a gross storage capacity of 8.1million acre feet (MAF) and power generation capacity of 4500 megawatt (MW), with annual generation of 18.1 billion units per annum, he added.

Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief Lt Gen Moazzam Ejaz and Power China Chairman Yan Zhi Yong also expressed their views during the ceremony

It is pertinent to mention that WAPDA has already awarded contract for consultancy services of Diamer Basha Dam to Diamer Basha Consultants Group (DBCG) worth Rs.27.182 billion. The consultancy agreement includes construction design, construction supervision and contract administration of Diamer Basha Dam Project.

The Joint Venture DBCG comprises of 12 top-ranked national and foreign consulting firms namely NESPAK (Pakistan), Associate Consulting Engineers(Pakistan), Mott MacDonald Pakistan (Pakistan), Poyry (Switzerland), Montgomery Watson and Harza(MWH) International - Stantec (USA), Dolsar Engineering (Turkey), Mott McDonald International (England), China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Company (China), Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pakistan), Al-Kasib Group of Engineering Services (Pakistan), Development Management Consultant (Pakistan) and MWH Pakistan (Pakistan) with NESPAK as the lead firm. These firms have a vast experience of providing consultancy services for mega water projects the world over.

http://wapda.gov.pk/index.php/newsm...ded-for-dam-construction-consultancy-services

it would be a good learning experience fo rpakistani companies..hopefully afterwards these companies can not only build in pakistan but else where as well..something that was lost in 1970s due to share incompetence of the 1990s-2020

We all managed to donate 52lakh for the dam. Alot of money since it's a small area. Most people realise how important dams are for Pakistan and are baffled why the previous governments didn't do anything about this. How is it possible we ran out of electricity which cost us billions due to the damage caused to the economy.
Where were our policy makers? The thinktanks?

we had Aristotle Ahsan iqbal..

same Aristotle who said dam chandey sey nahin bantey..

 

[PakAlp]

we had Aristotle Ahsan iqbal..

I don't think anyone can explain what went wrong. PMLQ, Military rule, PMLN, PPP, everyone ruled but didn't realise we would run out of electricity in the next 5 to 10years time. Where was our policy and long term planning?

Can any PPP, PMLN supporter answer?

 

[Maarkhoor]

@Maarkhoor , Your donation did not go wasted.

As per my best memories Bhasha Dam inaugurated 10 times before.

 

[newb3e]

FWO is 1 of 12 construction companies in JV..FWO has previously built small dams complex mountain structures and drilling but has little experience in building large dams..
but you have to invovle your own companies if you want to learn building dams yourself one day

fwo also built 2 number karachi hyderabad motorway

 

[blueazure]

this was true for 1970s..
now that population has exploded, displacement will be 10X
just land acquisition cost would be more than bhasha dam cost
(land acquisition for bhasha dam was 100 billion rupees)

KB dam will have to modified in height to save major towns to bring cost down than maybe its viable but otherwise expect 300-400 billion rupees hand out in just acquisition

that land acquisition cost for KB is offset by the large construction cost in N areas for DB

access= far

construction cost = 4 x that in plain areas

terrain = hilly . too much excavation required



my 2 lac given in dam fund ,,,, going to waste !


KB could have been finished in 4 years . DB will take min 12-13 years .


most importantly, you dont get any irrigation canal from DB ....

 

[AZ1]

As per my best memories Bhasha Dam inaugurated 10 times before.

But I think contract awarded first time like this in front? and that was land acquisition thing.

fwo also built 2 number karachi hyderabad motorway

2 Number? When did you last time visited Motorway of Karachi and Hyderabad?

 

[Ivan]

Rs. 442 bn accord for construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam signed


Khaleeq Kiani
Updated May 14, 2020

Wapda Chairman says Diamer Bhasha Project will be completed in 2028-AFP/File


ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday signed a Rs442 billion contract with a joint venture of China Power and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam.

The Chinese state-run firm holds 70 per cent and the FWO, a commercial arm of the Armed Forces of Pakistan, 30pc share in the consortium. The contract covers construction of a diversion system, main dam, access bridge and the 21MW Tangir hydropower project.

The eight million acre feet (MAF) reservoir with 272-metre height will be the tallest roller compact concrete (RCC) dam in the world. It will have a spillway, 14 gates and five outlets for flushing out silt. The diversion system involves two tunnels and a diversion canal — all three having one kilometre length each. The bridge — a box girder structure — under the contract will be constructed downstream of the dam structure while the 21MW power plant will be built to meet energy requirements of the project during construction.

Prime Minister Imran Khan was briefed on the progress of the project a couple of days ago. The construction work on dam will begin in a couple of weeks.

Wapda chairman says Diamer-Bhasha project will be completed in 2028
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Diamer-Bhasha dam project chief executive officer Amir Bashir Chaudhry and authorised representative of China Power Yang Jiandu signed the agreement on behalf of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the joint venture, respectively. Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, Water Resources Secretary Mohammad Ashraf, Wapda chairman retired Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain, Pakistan Army engineer-in-chief Lt Gen Moazzam Ejaz and FWO director general Maj Gen Kamal Azfar attended the signing ceremony.

The Wapda chairman expressed the hope that the Diamer-Bhasha dam would be completed as per the timelines to cope with the increasing water and electricity requirements of the country. The dam project with a total financial outlay of about Rs1,406.5bn would be completed in 2028, he said.

The total financial outlay includes land acquisition and resettlement, confidence building measures for social uplift of the local people, construction of dam and power houses.

Gen Hussain said the project would have a gross storage capacity of 8.1 MAF and power generation capacity of 4,500MW, with an annual generation of 18.1bn units. However, the electromechanical and power generation project would be taken up separately at a later stage.

Wapda has already awarded a Rs27.182bn contract for dam’s consultancy services to Diamer-Bhasha Consultants Group (DBCG). The consultancy agreement includes construction design, construction supervision and contract administration of the dam project.

The DBCG joint venture comprises 12 top-ranked national and foreign consulting firms — Nespak (Pakistan), Associate Consulting Engineers (Pakistan), Mott MacDonald Pakistan, Poyry (Switzerland), Montgomery Watson and Harza (MWH) International-Stantec (USA), Dolsar Engineering (Turkey), Mott McDonald International (England), China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Company (China), Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pakistan), Al-Kasib Group of Engineering Services (Pakistan), Development Management Consultant (Pakistan) and MWH Pakistan, with Nespak as the lead firm. These firms have a vast experience of providing consultancy services for mega water projects the world over.

The Council of Common Interests (CCI) had approved the project for construction in 2010, but it suffered delays because of international lending agencies which remained associated with the project but later backtracked because of opposition from India. The government has already spent about Rs170bn on the project since then on land acquisition and other expenses. In view of the lenders’ resistance, it was decided about four years ago to divide the multi-purpose project into two major components — Rs650bn worth of dam project to be constructed with the public sector funds and Rs750bn worth of power project most probably to be developed in independent power producer (IPP) mode at a later stage.

The core project development (dam structure) alone is estimated to cost almost Rs270bn. The project offers a very attractive internal economic return of 15.7pc even at a 12pc discount rate, according to project documents.

The project is designed to serve as the main storage dam of the country, besides Mangla and Tarbela dams, and its storage would be helpful for alleviating flood losses. The dam will have a 6.4 MAF usable water storage capacity.

The project is estimated to help alleviate acute irrigation shortage in the Indus basin irrigation system caused by progressive siltation of the existing reservoirs, besides substantially contributing to reduce intensity, quantum and duration of floods and reduce magnitude and frequency of floods in the River Indus downstream.

The project will also have trickledown effects on all sectors of the economy by accelerating development and creating job opportunities, besides improving availability of water and clean energy. The completion of the dam would increase the country’s storage capacity from 30 to 48 days and make power generation facilities an attractive future investment by the private sector to add 4,500MW of additional electricity to the national grid.

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2020

 

[blueazure]

But I think contract awarded first time like this in front? and that was land acquisition thing.

land was being acquired .

now contract has been awarded to FWO -chinese consortium

 

[newb3e]

But I think contract awarded first time like this in front? and that was land acquisition thing.

2 Number? When did you last time visited Motorway of Karachi and Hyderabad?

last week i uave farm in sindh!

 

[AZ1]

last week i uave farm in sindh!

Strange It's very smooth when go to bahria from karachi and before this it was so rough.

land was being acquired .

now contract has been awarded to FWO -chinese consortium

So things moving in right direction may be slowly but definitely.

I still wish Kalabag dam should be made but PPP played bad role in it.

 

[newb3e]

Strange It's very smooth when go to bahria from karachi and before this it was so rough.

So things moving in right direction may be slowly but definitely.

I still wish Kalabag dam should be made but PPP played bad role in it.

it has to be the shittest motorway ever infact its not even a motorway fauji boys have given access to all the hotels and fuel station must have made good $$$!

 

[bananarepublic]

I wouldn't for my life entrust such a large project to "FWO". Everybody knows their " quality construction ".

 

[AZ1]

I wouldn't for my life entrust such a large project to "FWO". Everybody knows their " quality construction ".

But all or most motorway and other projects given TO FWO (Cpec projects I think)?

 

[ziaulislam]

that land acquisition cost for KB is offset by the large construction cost in N areas for DB

access= far

construction cost = 4 x that in plain areas

terrain = hilly . too much excavation required



my 2 lac given in dam fund ,,,, going to waste !


KB could have been finished in 4 years . DB will take min 12-13 years .


most importantly, you dont get any irrigation canal from DB ....

No its not...
Cost of land in GB is 176billion.
Estimated cost will of land acquisition in kalabagh will be 5x higher..
1/3 land was transfered free of cost in bhasha dam..!