{"id":50804,"date":"2019-03-27T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=50804"},"modified":"2019-03-27T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:38:13","slug":"wapda-awards-mohmand-dam-contract-to-gezhouba-descon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-awards-mohmand-dam-contract-to-gezhouba-descon.html","title":{"rendered":"WAPDA awards Mohmand Dam contract to Gezhouba, DESCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Tuesday awarded the contract for construction work of Mohmand Dam to a joint venture of China Gezhouba Group of Companies (CGGC) and DESCON Pakistan, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/descon-receives-green-signal-for-mohmand-dam.html\">DESCON receives green signal for Mohmand Dam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A ceremony to this effect took place at the WAPDA House in Lahore. At the event, officials from the water agency claimed to have saved PKR 18 billion by awarding the contract at a figure of PKR 183.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/descon-china-gezhouba-join-hands-to-build-mohmand-dam.html\">DESCON, China Gezhouba join hands to build Mohmand Dam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WAPDA Chairman Lt General (retired) Muzammil Hussain said that the project would contribute towards furthering the water, food and energy security of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mohmand-dam-to-be-built-in-six-years.html\">Mohmand Dam to be built in six years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that WAPDA was committed to completing the project on an urgent basis. He said that Mohmand Dam would contribute to the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/russian-firm-offers-to-fund-mohmand-dam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russian firm offers to fund Mohmand Dam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the dam will have the capacity to store about 1.2 million acres feet (MAF) of water and generate 800 megawatts (MW) of hydel electricity. It would also help contain floodwaters in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Tuesday awarded the contract for construction work of Mohmand Dam to a joint venture of China Gezhouba Group of Companies (CGGC) and DESCON Pakistan, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0DESCON receives green signal for Mohmand Dam A ceremony to this effect took place at the WAPDA House in Lahore. At the event, officials from the water agency claimed to have saved PKR 18 billion by awarding the contract at a figure of PKR 183.5 billion. Read:\u00a0DESCON, China Gezhouba join hands to build Mohmand Dam WAPDA Chairman Lt General (retired) Muzammil Hussain said that the project would contribute towards furthering the water, food and energy security of Pakistan. Read: Mohmand Dam to be built in six years He added that WAPDA was committed to completing the project on an urgent basis. He said that Mohmand Dam would contribute to the country\u2019s economy. Read:\u00a0Russian firm offers to fund Mohmand Dam Reportedly, the dam will have the capacity to store about 1.2 million acres feet (MAF) of water and generate 800 megawatts (MW) of hydel electricity. It would also help contain floodwaters in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":45230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11085],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-wapda-awards-mohmand-dam-contract-to-gezhouba-descon"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WAPDA awards Mohmand Dam contract to Gezhouba, DESCON - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Tuesday awarded the contract for construction work of Mohmand Dam to a joint venture of China\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-awards-mohmand-dam-contract-to-gezhouba-descon.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WAPDA awards Mohmand Dam contract to Gezhouba, DESCON - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Tuesday awarded the contract for construction work of Mohmand Dam to a joint venture of China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-awards-mohmand-dam-contract-to-gezhouba-descon.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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