{"id":70887,"date":"2020-09-25T16:12:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70887"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:12:54","slug":"punjab-govt-orders-land-acquisition-of-16000-kanals-for-daducha-dam-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-orders-land-acquisition-of-16000-kanals-for-daducha-dam-construction.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt orders land acquisition of 16,000 kanals for Daducha Dam construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has directed the authorities concerned to acquire over 16,000-kanals of land for the construction of the Daducha Dam \u2014 with the initiative aimed at resolving the city\u2019s water shortage issues, according to a news source published on September 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-wapda-starts-hiring-locals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA starts hiring locals from Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the provincial government has allocated PKR 1.5 billion for the said project\u2019s development. While talking to the media, Commissioner (retired) Captain Mohammad Mehmood revealed that the government planned on initiating two main water supply projects in order to end the water shortage in the Potohar region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-authorities-retrieve-illegally-occupied-land.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khanpur Dam authorities retrieve illegally occupied land<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that he had already directed the revenue department to start the process of land acquisition for the aforementioned project, and schedule the payments for its landowners. The said land will be acquired under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/daducha-dam-landowners-seek-increased-compensation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Daducha Dam<\/a> is expected to be constructed upstream from the Soan River and is estimated to have the capacity to provide 25 million gallons of daily (MGD) water to the city areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate meeting, the commissioner additionally said that the Mahuta Dam was an important project for the Chakwal area for storing and utilizing rainwater in order to boost the region\u2019s agriculture sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has directed the authorities concerned to acquire over 16,000-kanals of land for the construction of the Daducha Dam \u2014 with the initiative aimed at resolving the city\u2019s water shortage issues, according to a news source published on September 23. Read: Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA starts hiring locals from Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan Reportedly, the provincial government has allocated PKR 1.5 billion for the said project\u2019s development. While talking to the media, Commissioner (retired) Captain Mohammad Mehmood revealed that the government planned on initiating two main water supply projects in order to end the water shortage in the Potohar region. Read: Khanpur Dam authorities retrieve illegally occupied land He further stated that he had already directed the revenue department to start the process of land acquisition for the aforementioned project, and schedule the payments for its landowners. The said land will be acquired under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Daducha Dam is expected to be constructed upstream from the Soan River and is estimated to have the capacity to provide 25 million gallons of daily (MGD) water to the city areas. In a separate meeting, the commissioner additionally said that the Mahuta Dam was an important&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":65246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385,15016],"tags":[40315,40313,40314],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"category-new-developments","10":"tag-mahuta-dam","11":"tag-punjab-govt-orders-land-acquisition-for-daducha-dam","12":"tag-soan-river","13":"cat-15013-id","14":"cat-20385-id","15":"cat-15016-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 orders land acquisition for Daducha Dam - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Daducha Dam is expected to be constructed upstream from the Soan River and is estimated to have the capacity to provide 25 MGD water\" \/>\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-orders-land-acquisition-of-16000-kanals-for-daducha-dam-construction.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt orders land acquisition for Daducha Dam - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Daducha Dam is expected to be constructed upstream from the Soan River and is estimated to have the capacity to provide 25 MGD water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-orders-land-acquisition-of-16000-kanals-for-daducha-dam-construction.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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