{"id":54527,"date":"2019-08-21T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54527"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:50:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:50:40","slug":"speedy-construction-of-dams-underway-in-balochistan-officials-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/speedy-construction-of-dams-underway-in-balochistan-officials-told.html","title":{"rendered":"Speedy construction of dams underway in Balochistan; officials told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta: A high-level government meeting was informed that the construction work is underway on various dams and water schemes in Balochistan to help address water issues, according to a news source. The meeting members also reviewed progress on the water projects being developed under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/feasibility-study-of-15-dams-completed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feasibility study of 15 dams completed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Federal Secretary for Water Muhammad Ashraf, the central government is keen to complete water projects in Balochistan to help increase capacity of water reservoirs in the province. For this purpose, timely issuance of funds will be ensured, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/quetta-to-have-300-small-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quetta to have 300 small dams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharing his views on the water situation in the province, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that thousands of acre feet of water gets wasted in the absence of dams. Flood water can be stored and utilised in the future, he added. Speedy construction of these dams will also help increase underground water table in Balochistan, said Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-underway-for-small-hydel-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Work underway for small hydel projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To ensure fast-track completion of water schemes in Blaochistan, CM Khan directed the officials concerned to form a coordination committee comprising government officials operating at provincial and federal levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta: A high-level government meeting was informed that the construction work is underway on various dams and water schemes in Balochistan to help address water issues, according to a news source. The meeting members also reviewed progress on the water projects being developed under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Read:\u00a0Feasibility study of 15 dams completed According to Federal Secretary for Water Muhammad Ashraf, the central government is keen to complete water projects in Balochistan to help increase capacity of water reservoirs in the province. For this purpose, timely issuance of funds will be ensured, he added. Read:\u00a0Quetta to have 300 small dams Sharing his views on the water situation in the province, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that thousands of acre feet of water gets wasted in the absence of dams. Flood water can be stored and utilised in the future, he added. Speedy construction of these dams will also help increase underground water table in Balochistan, said Khan. Read:\u00a0Work underway for small hydel projects To ensure fast-track completion of water schemes in Blaochistan, CM Khan directed the officials concerned to form a coordination committee comprising government officials operating at provincial and federal levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12644],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-speedy-construction-of-dams-underway-in-balochistan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speedy construction of dams underway in Balochistan; officials told - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quetta: A high-level government meeting was informed that the construction work is underway on various dams and water schemes in Balochistan to help\" \/>\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\/speedy-construction-of-dams-underway-in-balochistan-officials-told.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speedy construction of dams underway in Balochistan; 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