{"id":65813,"date":"2020-05-27T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65813"},"modified":"2020-05-29T17:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:05:01","slug":"rehabilitation-of-people-affected-by-diamer-bhasha-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rehabilitation-of-people-affected-by-diamer-bhasha-dam.html","title":{"rendered":"Rehabilitation of people affected by Diamer-Bhasha Dam construction on cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Lt. General (R) Muzammil Hussain on Tuesday (May 19) revealed that the government will spend PKR 78.5 billion on the rehabilitation of people affected by the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, according to a news source. He shared this information with the media during his visit to the project site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to start in few weeks: WAPDA Chairman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reportedly, the funds will be spent on ensuring the economic and social uplift of the people who surrendered their land so that the this dam project could be developed \u2014 with the initiative considered to be of paramount importance for the country. In addition, the government has also launched several development schemes in the area, with 44 of these projects having already been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-all-set-for-initiation-of-construction-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his speech, the WAPDA chairman further mentioned that the project\u2019s development would create employment opportunities for 16,000 people, and that it would play a decisive role in providing economic stability to the local population. He added said that the Diamer Bhasha Dam, once completed, would change the economic face of Pakistan; marking the start of a new era for the country and its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract-awarded-chinese-firm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diamer-Bhasha Dam construction contract awarded to Chinese firm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per the details available, the dam will be able to store up to 8.1 million acre feet of water, and will produce 4,500 megawatts of electricity. Moreover, the project is being developed through a joint venture of the Frontier Works Organisation and a Chinese firm named Power China \u2014 with the government having awarded the PKR 442 billion contract on May 13. Additionally, the project\u2019s consultancy contract has been awarded to a NESPAK-led joint venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Lt. General (R) Muzammil Hussain on Tuesday (May 19) revealed that the government will spend PKR 78.5 billion on the rehabilitation of people affected by the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, according to a news source. He shared this information with the media during his visit to the project site. Read: Construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to start in few weeks: WAPDA Chairman Reportedly, the funds will be spent on ensuring the economic and social uplift of the people who surrendered their land so that the this dam project could be developed \u2014 with the initiative considered to be of paramount importance for the country. In addition, the government has also launched several development schemes in the area, with 44 of these projects having already been completed. Read: Diamer-Bhasha Dam all set for initiation of construction work During his speech, the WAPDA chairman further mentioned that the project\u2019s development would create employment opportunities for 16,000 people, and that it would play a decisive role in providing economic stability to the local population. He added said that the Diamer Bhasha Dam, once completed, would change the economic face of Pakistan; marking the start of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":63632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[29936,29935,29937],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-65813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-dam-projects-in-pakistan","tag-diamer-bhasha-dam-news","tag-rehabilitation-of-people-affected-by-diamer-bhasha-dam","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rehabilitation of people affected by Diamer-Bhasha Dam - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The funds will be spent on ensuring the economic and social uplift of the people who surrendered their land so that the this dam project could be developed\" \/>\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\/rehabilitation-of-people-affected-by-diamer-bhasha-dam.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rehabilitation of people affected by Diamer-Bhasha Dam - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The funds will be spent on ensuring the economic and social uplift of the people who surrendered their land so that the this dam project could be developed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rehabilitation-of-people-affected-by-diamer-bhasha-dam.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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