{"id":95782,"date":"2023-12-11T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=95782"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:42:42","slug":"diamer-dam-indus-diversion-near-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-dam-indus-diversion-near-completion.html","title":{"rendered":"Indus River diversion at Diamer Bhasha dam nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Engineer Lt-Gen (R) Sajjad Ghani conducted a visit to the Diamer Bhasha Dam Project and shared that the diversion of Indus River will completed by next week, according to news published in the leading newspapers on December 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-project-seeks-million-usd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt devices plan to generate funds for Diamer-Bhasha Dam project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the project became operational last week following the partial diversion of the River Indus, directing a significant flow through the diversion tunnel and canal while allowing a partial flow through its natural course. The river diversion system encompasses a one-kilometre-long diversion tunnel, a 0.857-km-long diversion canal, and two coffer dams\u2014one located upstream and the other downstream of the primary dam site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, the WAPDA Chairman examined the construction progress at various project sites. The CEO, Project Director of Diamer Bhasha Dam, and representatives of consultants and contractors also accompanied him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chairman received a briefing on the test-run of the diversion system, with confirmation that both the diversion tunnel and canal are operating satisfactorily. Currently, construction is progressing smoothly at 13 different sites simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-diamer-bhasha-road-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECNEC approves Diamer-Bhasha Dam, road infrastructure projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WAPDA is poised to achieve a significant milestone at the Diamer Bhasha Dam Project next week by sealing the upstream coffer dam. This action will result in the complete diversion of the River Indus through the diversion system, circumventing the main dam site and re-joining its natural course approximately 800 meters downstream. The Diamer Bhasha Dam, located 40 kilometers downstream of Chilas town, is scheduled for completion in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Engineer Lt-Gen (R) Sajjad Ghani conducted a visit to the Diamer Bhasha Dam Project and shared that the diversion of Indus River will completed by next week, according to news published in the leading newspapers on December 11. Read: Govt devices plan to generate funds for Diamer-Bhasha Dam project As per the details, the project became operational last week following the partial diversion of the River Indus, directing a significant flow through the diversion tunnel and canal while allowing a partial flow through its natural course. The river diversion system encompasses a one-kilometre-long diversion tunnel, a 0.857-km-long diversion canal, and two coffer dams\u2014one located upstream and the other downstream of the primary dam site. During the visit, the WAPDA Chairman examined the construction progress at various project sites. The CEO, Project Director of Diamer Bhasha Dam, and representatives of consultants and contractors also accompanied him. The chairman received a briefing on the test-run of the diversion system, with confirmation that both the diversion tunnel and canal are operating satisfactorily. Currently, construction is progressing smoothly at 13 different sites simultaneously. Read: ECNEC approves Diamer-Bhasha Dam, road infrastructure projects The WAPDA is poised&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":95789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[2507,57709],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-diamer-bhasha-dam","9":"tag-indus-river-diversion-at-diamer-bhasha-dam-nears-completion","10":"cat-15017-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 Dam: Indus Diversion Near Completion- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WAPDA Chairman conducted a visit to the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project to review the progress of Indus River diversion system..\" \/>\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-dam-indus-diversion-near-completion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diamer Dam: Indus Diversion Near Completion- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WAPDA Chairman conducted a visit to the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project to review the progress of Indus River diversion system..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-dam-indus-diversion-near-completion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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