LHC Wants To Know Progress On Diamer Bhasha,

Mohmand Dam Progress
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday gave more time to the federal government to furnish a report explaining progress thus far made on the construction of Diamer-Basha and Mohmand dams.

A bench of the high court was hearing a petition seeking to bring to light details of construction work on the dams.

It also summoned a report on propaganda reportedly being peddled against the construction of dams in the country.

The hearing was adjourned until Jan 31.

At a previous hearing, the court had ordered the federal government to provide complete details of acquired land and tenders for the construction of the dams.

The bench also asked the authorities to give particulars for the allocation of funds to construct the dams.

Diamer Bhasha dam

Diamer Bhasha dam is being constructed on Indus River near Chilas (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan), 315 kilometres from Tarbela Dam and about 40 km downstream of Chilas Town, according to Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).

PC-I for Dam Part amounting to Rs474 billion was approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on April 17 – 2018. Subsequently after the inclusion of 15 MW Tangir HPP, the revised cost of PC-I amounting to Rs479.686 billion approved by ECNEC on November 14 – 2018, the authority said.