{"id":86420,"date":"2022-06-06T12:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=86420"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:48:05","slug":"govt-diamer-bhasha-dam-ecnecs-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-diamer-bhasha-dam-ecnecs-approval.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt refers Diamer Bhasha Dam for ECNEC\u2019s approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Saturday (June 04) referred PKR 933.58 billion \u2018Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities\u2019 to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), news sources reported. The ECNEC will give final approval of the project after deliberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/projects-referred-ecnec.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"84931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peshawar Ring Road, HYD-Sukkar Motorway projects referred to ECNEC<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-early-completion-diamer-bhasha-in-2026.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"85434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities (DBD-PGF)<\/a> will be built with the assistance of the Chinese state-owned firm &#8211; China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC). When completed, the Diamer Bhasha Dam will generate 18,097 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy. The CDWP meeting, presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, gave final clearance to begin the project on a priority basis in order to alleviate the country&#8217;s imminent energy problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-early-completion-diamer-bhasha-in-2026.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"85434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM orders early completion of Diamer Bhasha Dam in 2026, tunnel to Babusar top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting learned that the government intends to transfer 60% of all energy generated in the country to renewable energy resources, including hydropower, by 2030. According to the proposal, 30% of power will be generated by wind, solar, small hydropower, and biomass plants, while the remaining 30% will be generated by large-scale hydropower generating units.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/neelum-jehlum-plant-contributes-milestone-units-to-national-grid.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"69135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neelum-Jehlum Plant contributes milestone units to national grid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noting that the government has started ten renewable energy projects in the country. The Diamer Bhasha Dam and the Mohmand Dam are two of the main projects being developed in partnership with Chinese companies. Furthermore, Chinese companies are also building several small hydropower plants in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Saturday (June 04) referred PKR 933.58 billion \u2018Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities\u2019 to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), news sources reported. The ECNEC will give final approval of the project after deliberation. Read: Peshawar Ring Road, HYD-Sukkar Motorway projects referred to ECNEC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities (DBD-PGF) will be built with the assistance of the Chinese state-owned firm &#8211; China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC). When completed, the Diamer Bhasha Dam will generate 18,097 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy. The CDWP meeting, presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, gave final clearance to begin the project on a priority basis in order to alleviate the country&#8217;s imminent energy problem.&nbsp; Read: PM orders early completion of Diamer Bhasha Dam in 2026, tunnel to Babusar top The meeting learned that the government intends to transfer 60% of all energy generated in the country to renewable energy resources, including hydropower, by 2030. According to the proposal, 30% of power will be generated by wind, solar, small hydropower, and biomass plants, while the remaining 30% will be generated by large-scale hydropower generating units.&nbsp;&nbsp; Read: Neelum-Jehlum Plant contributes milestone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":71144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[52584,7146,52585],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-govt-refers-diamer-bhasha-dam-for-ecnecs-approval","9":"tag-hydropower-project","10":"tag-neelum-jehlum","11":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt refers Diamer Bhasha Dam for ECNEC\u2019s approval - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Saturday (June 04) referred PKR 933.58 billion \u2018Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities\u2019\" \/>\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\/govt-diamer-bhasha-dam-ecnecs-approval.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt refers Diamer Bhasha Dam for ECNEC\u2019s approval - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Saturday (June 04) referred PKR 933.58 billion \u2018Diamer Bhasha Dam-Power Generation Facilities\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-diamer-bhasha-dam-ecnecs-approval.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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