{"id":70754,"date":"2020-09-23T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T07:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70754"},"modified":"2020-09-23T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T07:43:01","slug":"diamer-bhasha-dam-wapda-starts-hiring-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-wapda-starts-hiring-locals.html","title":{"rendered":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA starts hiring locals from Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has launched the process of recruiting locals from Diamer and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) in an effort to reduce poverty and uplift the socio-economic condition of the area; as the pace of the construction work on the Diamer-Bhasha Dam picks up, according to a news source published on September 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-work-at-diamer-bhasha-dam-kicks-off.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction work at Diamer-Bhasha Dam\u2019s project site kicks off<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WAPDA advertised as many as 124 jobs ranging between Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 6-16 \u2013 for which only the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-directed-hire-gb-residents-diamer-bhasha-dam-project-development-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\">locals belonging to the Diamer District<\/a> and Gilgit Baltistan could apply. Previously, the authority had advertised 317 vacancies for security personnel and 179 vacancies of BPS between 14-20 \u2013 with the eligible candidates hailing from the same area be given preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-gb-scouts-sign-mou-diamer-bhasha-dam-project-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAPDA, GB Scouts sign MoU for Diamer Bhasha Dam project security<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, PKR 78.5 billion is to be utilised for the resettlement and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the socio-economic development in the area. Reportedly, 44 development schemes have been launched to enhance the region\u2019s irrigation, water supply, health and educational infrastructure. Furthermore, the 3-megawatts (MW) Thak Hydropower Project is also near completion and would help meet the area\u2019s power requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has launched the process of recruiting locals from Diamer and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) in an effort to reduce poverty and uplift the socio-economic condition of the area; as the pace of the construction work on the Diamer-Bhasha Dam picks up, according to a news source published on September 21. Read: Construction work at Diamer-Bhasha Dam\u2019s project site kicks off The WAPDA advertised as many as 124 jobs ranging between Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 6-16 \u2013 for which only the locals belonging to the Diamer District and Gilgit Baltistan could apply. Previously, the authority had advertised 317 vacancies for security personnel and 179 vacancies of BPS between 14-20 \u2013 with the eligible candidates hailing from the same area be given preference. Read: WAPDA, GB Scouts sign MoU for Diamer Bhasha Dam project security Moreover, PKR 78.5 billion is to be utilised for the resettlement and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the socio-economic development in the area. Reportedly, 44 development schemes have been launched to enhance the region\u2019s irrigation, water supply, health and educational infrastructure. Furthermore, the 3-megawatts (MW) Thak Hydropower Project is also near completion and would help meet the area\u2019s power requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":67089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385,15020],"tags":[40120,40119,25031],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"category-social-developments","10":"tag-diamer-district-and-gilgit-baltistan","11":"tag-diamer-bhasha-dam-wapda-starts-hiring-locals-from-diamer","12":"tag-water-and-power-development-authority-wapda","13":"cat-15013-id","14":"cat-20385-id","15":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WAPDA hiring Diamer, Gilgit Baltistan locals for dam - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WAPDA advertised 124 jobs ranging between Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 6-16 \u2013 for which only the locals belonging to the Diamer District and Gilgit Baltistan\" \/>\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-wapda-starts-hiring-locals.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WAPDA hiring Diamer, Gilgit Baltistan locals for dam - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WAPDA advertised 124 jobs ranging between Basic Pay Scale (BPS) 6-16 \u2013 for which only the locals belonging to the Diamer District and Gilgit Baltistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-wapda-starts-hiring-locals.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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