Diamer Basha Dam construction Updates

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

Nothing will happen. Locals will collect money fourth time for their land. PMLN claimed they acquired 80% of the land with 100 billion rupees, this government is again demanding 75 billion rupees more from poor nation for remaining 20% of land??

we had budget surplus this year corona is a good news for pakistani economy
i m trying to explain it to people just wait and watch

Are you living under a rock?? this year budget deficit will be more than 1000 billion rupees.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/64...kistan-s-fiscal-deficit-at-9-5-10pc-in-fy2020
https://nation.com.pk/29-Apr-2020/budget-deficit-to-swell-to-9-6pc-of-gdp-due-to-lockdown-situation

 

[volatile]

No financial closure ,we needed closed to 8 Billion US$ where is the money ? Its like Musharaf started Neelum Jhelum like that with 80 Billion estimate ending up 500 Billion Rs . What a joke and jokers running the country

Are you living under a rock?? this year budget deficit will be more than 1000 billion rupees.

spare him poor guy has no idea what he is talking about pre corona estimate was 3/4 Trillion rupees short fall

 

[Genghis khan1]

$500 Million per budget years for the dam will be allocated.

 

[ali_raza]

No financial closure ,we needed closed to 8 Billion US$ where is the money ? Its like Musharaf started Neelum Jhelum like that with 80 Billion estimate ending up 500 Billion Rs . What a joke and jokers running the country


spare him poor guy has no idea what he is talking about pre corona estimate was 3/4 Trillion rupees short fall

oh bhai psdp was in surplus this quarter
so is trade balance
so is remittances

 

[Syed1.]

oh bhai psdp was in surplus this quarter
so is trade balance
so is remittances

Sir where are you getting these numbers from..... Surely there is an official source you can quote and share. I seriously doubt that situation is as rosy as you are painting.

 

[Pandora]

If the govt proceeds with Kalabagh dam ignoring all the rona dona, that would be even better.

One step at a time mate. Lets finish those that are not controversial and doable at present time. Once all others are done and dusted we can proceed with Kalabagh dam as well.

First time after 1960 we are building dams at such massive scale.... I wonder where is the funding coming from

Most project are under public private partner ships. Some are being undertaken by china under CPEC under BOT protocol. Some are being undertaken by pure loans from foreign institutions by govt such as dasu dam.

 

[Syed1.]

One step at a time mate. Lets finish those that are not controversial and doable at present time. Once all others are done and dusted we can proceed with Kalabagh dam as well.



Most project are under public private partner ships. Some are being undertaken by china under CPEC under BOT protocol. Some are being undertaken by pure loans from foreign institutions by govt such as dasu dam.

Was listening to WAPDA chairman he said WAPDA is now approved for credit and can raise their own funds in the international market . I wonder why nobody thought of this in the last four decades when WAPDA had assets worth billions of dollars that could be leveraged to raise new financing for more projects.


Now that we are on this track I hope we don't stop and build all the dams that could potentially be built by 2035, that would really unlock our economy and we could sky rocket by 2050.

 

[Pandora]

Was listening to WAPDA chairman he said WAPDA is now approved for credit and can raise their own funds in the international market . I wonder why nobody thought of this in the last four decades when WAPDA had assets worth billions of dollars that could be leveraged to raise new financing for more projects.


Now that we are on this track I hope we don't stop and build all the dams that could potentially be built by 2035, that would really unlock our economy and we could sky rocket by 2050.

WAPDA has nothing to leverage most of our public projects were put as collateral by previous govts for loans. Taerbella and mangla both got their extensions done under BOT protocol. WAPDA runs under a net loss due to high circular debt left by previous govts. So any loan they get will come with extremely high interest rate.

 

[Path-Finder]

Nothing will happen. Locals will collect money fourth time for their land. PMLN claimed they acquired 80% of the land with 100 billion rupees, this government is again demanding 75 billion rupees more from poor nation for remaining 20% of land??

The only thing tooi party did was to install a 'takhti' on the site!

 

[bananarepublic]

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/6...venture-awarded-contract-of-diamer-bhasha-dam

FWO and a Chinese company has been provided the contract
the government should at least make the selection process public, this news for me isn't a good one

 

[volatile]

oh bhai psdp was in surplus this quarter
so is trade balance
so is remittances

must be new in this world ,how PSDP is positive ? please explain

 

[ali_raza]

must be new in this world ,how PSDP is positive ? please explain

cos of corona very less spending

 

[Affan-khan]

Nothing will happen. Locals will collect money fourth time for their land. PMLN claimed they acquired 80% of the land with 100 billion rupees, this government is again demanding 75 billion rupees more from poor nation for remaining 20% of land??



Are you living under a rock?? this year budget deficit will be more than 1000 billion rupees.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/64...kistan-s-fiscal-deficit-at-9-5-10pc-in-fy2020
https://nation.com.pk/29-Apr-2020/budget-deficit-to-swell-to-9-6pc-of-gdp-due-to-lockdown-situation

ur right m hearing this from mushraf era every budget therz billion to acquire land for diamer bhasha dam.. its now almost 14 years we r acquiring land .

 

[ghazi52]

Diamer-Bhasha dam contract given to FWO and Power China joint venture

May 13, 2020

The News
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded the contract of the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam to a joint venture between Power China and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (retired) Muzammil Hussain said on Wednesday.

The move comes in the wake of a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan two days prior about water security and construction of the mega dams.

Hussain said that the contract for the construction of the main dam was worth Rs 442 bn and includes the construction of the main dam, a diversion system, access bridge, and a 21 MW hydropower plant in Tangir.

Diamer-Basha dam Chief Executive Officer Amir Bashir Chaudhry and authorised representative Yang Jiandu signed the agreement on behalf of WAPDA and the joint venture, respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) said that the dam will go a long way for the economic development and social uplift of the country.

He said that WAPDA is committed to completing the mega project in accordance with the stipulated time frame to cope with the increasing water and electricity requirements of the country.

The WAPDA CEO said that the Diamer-Bhasha project's value was estimated at around Rs1,406.5bn and will complete in 2028.

Hussain said that the dam will be able to store 8.1 million acre-feet (MAF) of water and will be able to produce 4,500MW of electricity.

The dam will be able to provide the national grid 18 billion units of electricity annually.

Hussain said that earlier a consultancy service contract had also been awarded to the Diamer Basha Consultants Group (DBCG) worth Rs27.18 bn.

The consultancy agreement includes construction design, construction supervision and contract administration of the Diamer-Basha dam project.

The Joint Venture DBCG comprises of 12 top-ranked national and foreign consulting firms namely NESPAK (Pakistan), Associate Consulting Engineers(Pakistan), Mott MacDonald Pakistan (Pakistan), Poyry (Switzerland), Montgomery Watson and Harza(MWH) International - Stantec (USA), Dolsar Engineering (Turkey), Mott McDonald International (England), China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Company (China), Mirza Associates Engineering Services (Pakistan), Al-Kasib Group of Engineering Services (Pakistan), Development Management Consultant (Pakistan) and MWH Pakistan (Pakistan) with NESPAK as the lead firm.

These firms have a vast experience of providing consultancy services for mega water projects the world over.

"The Diamer-Bhasha dam is a vital project for the water, food and energy supply in the country," said Faisal Vawda, the minister for water resources.

"Our government launched the construction of major dams like Mohmand and Diamer-Bhasha within one year," he said.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]