{"id":62563,"date":"2020-03-11T18:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62563"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:42:04","slug":"punjab-govt-focused-on-constructing-small-dams-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-focused-on-constructing-small-dams-cm.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt focused on constructing small dams: CM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar on Tuesday made notification of the government\u2019s current focus on the construction of small dams; which are expected to protect thousands of acres of land from the threat of barrenness \u2013 a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smart-water-meters-curb-illegal-connections-water-wastage-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Smart water meters to curb illegal connections, water wastage in Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">Smart water meters to curb illegal connections, water wastage in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CM was chairing a meeting on the construction of small\nreservoirs which was briefed by the Irrigation Secretary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CM also announced the construction of seven small dams in Dera Ghazi Khan and six in Rajanpur for the purpose of water collection in the hill torrent areas. He said that construction of dams and water reservoirs would serve the dual functions of meeting the requirements of potable water and helping raise underground water levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/murree-bulk-water-supply-project-handed-over-punjab-aab-e-pak-authority.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Murree Bulk Water Supply project handed over to Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority (opens in a new tab)\">Murree Bulk Water Supply project handed over to Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the session, the CM was further informed about the\nconstruction of protective spurs and ponds in a number of cities in the\nprovince; estimated to fare around PKR 600 million in development costs. The\ncosts expected for the other projects were also discussed; including PKR 6\nbillion for Dhodcha Dam and PKR 1.56 billion for Chahan Dam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar on Tuesday made notification of the government\u2019s current focus on the construction of small dams; which are expected to protect thousands of acres of land from the threat of barrenness \u2013 a news source reported. Read: Smart water meters to curb illegal connections, water wastage in Punjab The CM was chairing a meeting on the construction of small reservoirs which was briefed by the Irrigation Secretary. The CM also announced the construction of seven small dams in Dera Ghazi Khan and six in Rajanpur for the purpose of water collection in the hill torrent areas. He said that construction of dams and water reservoirs would serve the dual functions of meeting the requirements of potable water and helping raise underground water levels. Read: Murree Bulk Water Supply project handed over to Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority During the session, the CM was further informed about the construction of protective spurs and ponds in a number of cities in the province; estimated to fare around PKR 600 million in development costs. The costs expected for the other projects were also discussed; including PKR 6 billion for Dhodcha Dam and PKR 1.56 billion for Chahan Dam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[22608],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-punjab-govt-focused-on-constructing-small-dams-cm","9":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt focused on constructing small dams: CM - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar on Tuesday made notification of the government\u2019s current focus on the construction of small dams;\" \/>\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\/punjab-govt-focused-on-constructing-small-dams-cm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt focused on constructing small dams: CM - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar on Tuesday made notification of the government\u2019s current focus on the construction of small dams;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-focused-on-constructing-small-dams-cm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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