{"id":65361,"date":"2020-05-12T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65361"},"modified":"2020-05-12T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:08:06","slug":"diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html","title":{"rendered":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin soon \u2014 with all the prep work for the project already been completed, according to news sources. The premiere was told that all issues related to the venture \u2014 including a detailed roadmap of mobilization of financial resources and settlements \u2014 had been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-funds-small-dams-balochistan-brts-other-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECNEC approves funds for small dams in Balochistan, BRTS, other projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PM was provided these updates about the progress of pending issues related to the development of the dam while he was chairing a meeting on national water security and dams\u2019 construction. The premiere was of the view that ensuring water security was the government\u2019s first priority, and directed the authorities concerned to launch construction work on the dam project as soon as possible. He opined that the construction of dams would ensure optimal water utilization for agriculture and help \u201cmeet energy requirements at affordable rates\u201d. The premiere also stressed the importance of launching the Sindh barrage project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dadhocha-dam-to-be-completed-in-three-years-chairman-rda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dadhocha dam to be completed in three years: Chairman RDA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting (retired) Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa declared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-land-acquisition-resettlement-plan-diamer-bhasha-dam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diamer-Bhasha Dam<\/a> development to be of historic importance. He tweeted that the dam will prove to be \u201ca huge stimulus for our economy, and will create 16,500 jobs, generate 4,500 MW hydel power, and irrigate 1.2 m acres of agricultural land \u2014 along with enhancing Tarbela dam\u2019s age by 35 years\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, it was further revealed that by reducing sedimentation, the Diamer-Bhasha Dam would add 35 years to the life of the Tarbela Dam, and bring 1.23 million acres of land under irrigation. In addition, PKR 78.5 billion is expected to be spent on the social development of the areas surrounding the dam site \u2014 with the project also helping in mitigating the risk of floods and preventing monetary losses caused by flood damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-fund-construction-diamer-bhasha-mohmand-dasu-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAPDA to fund construction of Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand and Dasu dams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) also took the opportunity to inform the meeting about the recently commenced development of the Mohmand Dam and the progress of the Dasu hydropower project. The meeting was told that the funds for the Naulong dam in Balochistan had been arranged and that the development work would be launched next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin soon \u2014 with all the prep work for the project already been completed, according to news sources. The premiere was told that all issues related to the venture \u2014 including a detailed roadmap of mobilization of financial resources and settlements \u2014 had been resolved. Read: ECNEC approves funds for small dams in Balochistan, BRTS, other projects The PM was provided these updates about the progress of pending issues related to the development of the dam while he was chairing a meeting on national water security and dams\u2019 construction. The premiere was of the view that ensuring water security was the government\u2019s first priority, and directed the authorities concerned to launch construction work on the dam project as soon as possible. He opined that the construction of dams would ensure optimal water utilization for agriculture and help \u201cmeet energy requirements at affordable rates\u201d. The premiere also stressed the importance of launching the Sindh barrage project. Read: Dadhocha dam to be completed in three years: Chairman RDA Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting (retired) Lt Gen&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385],"tags":[20299,28850,7680,28851,5418],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-dasu-hydropower-project","10":"tag-diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work","11":"tag-mohmand-dam","12":"tag-naulong-dam","13":"tag-tarbela-dam","14":"cat-15013-id","15":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PM Imran Khan was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin \u2014 with all the prep work for the project completed\" \/>\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\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PM Imran Khan was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin \u2014 with all the prep work for the project completed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T08:08:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T08:08:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction - Zameen News","description":"PM Imran Khan was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin \u2014 with all the prep work for the project completed","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction - Zameen News","og_description":"PM Imran Khan was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin \u2014 with all the prep work for the project completed","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2020-05-12T08:08:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-12T08:08:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hazafa Hasan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hazafa Hasan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html"},"author":{"name":"Hazafa Hasan","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b"},"headline":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work","datePublished":"2020-05-12T08:08:05+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-12T08:08:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html"},"wordCount":399,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg","keywords":["Dasu Hydropower project","Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work","Mohmand Dam","Naulong dam","Tarbela Dam"],"articleSection":["Construction","Infrastructure"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html","name":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-12T08:08:05+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-12T08:08:06+00:00","description":"PM Imran Khan was informed that construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is all set to begin \u2014 with all the prep work for the project completed","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Imran-Khan-1.jpg","width":1170,"height":420,"caption":"PRime Minster"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b","name":"Hazafa Hasan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","caption":"Hazafa Hasan"},"description":"Hazafa reveres the art of writing and has been turned into a property enthusiast by profession. Her daily survival kit includes; tea, coffee, keyboard and paperbacks.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/hazafa"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65362,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65361\/revisions\/65362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65361"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=65361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}