{"id":63910,"date":"2020-04-11T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63910"},"modified":"2020-04-10T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:21:09","slug":"construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman.html","title":{"rendered":"Construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to start in few weeks: WAPDA Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Muzammil Hussain announced on Thursday that the construction work of the Diamer Basha Dam project would start in a few weeks, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LDA directs private housing scheme developers to ensure provision of clean water (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahores-private-schemes-directed-to-provide-clean-water.html\" target=\"_blank\">LDA directs private housing scheme developers to ensure provision of clean water<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, he further informed that the construction work on the Mohmand and Dasu dams was also in progress; with both expected to be completed by 2024. Hussain said that 21 power plants were working round-the-clock to supply power continuously to the people despite the prevailing pandemic situation. He revealed that the station employees were working in shifts to avoid contracting the infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/water-consumption-lahore-surges-30-wasa-sets-up-helpline-address-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, he stated that WAPDA had added up to 2,487 megawatts of clean and affordable energy into the national grid after the completion of several projects over the last two years; remarking that affordable hydropower was essential to diminishing WAPDA\u2019s dependency on Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The electric power produced by public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-funds-425mn-hydropower-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"hydropower projects (opens in a new tab)\">hydropower projects<\/a> cost PKR 2 per unit, while the electricity generated by IPPs cost PKR 18 per unit, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Muzammil Hussain announced on Thursday that the construction work of the Diamer Basha Dam project would start in a few weeks, a news source reported. Read: LDA directs private housing scheme developers to ensure provision of clean water As per the publication, he further informed that the construction work on the Mohmand and Dasu dams was also in progress; with both expected to be completed by 2024. Hussain said that 21 power plants were working round-the-clock to supply power continuously to the people despite the prevailing pandemic situation. He revealed that the station employees were working in shifts to avoid contracting the infection. Read: Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints Additionally, he stated that WAPDA had added up to 2,487 megawatts of clean and affordable energy into the national grid after the completion of several projects over the last two years; remarking that affordable hydropower was essential to diminishing WAPDA\u2019s dependency on Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The electric power produced by public hydropower projects cost PKR 2 per unit, while the electricity generated by IPPs cost PKR 18 per unit, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[25875,25877,25876],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam","9":"tag-mohmand-and-dasu-dams","10":"tag-water-and-power-development-authority-wapda-chairman-muzammil-hussain","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam WAPDA Chairman - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Muzammil Hussain announced on Thursday that the construction work\" \/>\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\/construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam WAPDA Chairman - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Muzammil Hussain announced on Thursday that the construction work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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