Fund Raising Status for Diamer Basha And Mohmand Dam

[Hyde]

$12 billion under 2008 assessment convert it. The target is achievable.

It is $14 billion dollars since last couplecof years... Will likely cost more in fresh surveys and more by the time it completes

I think it may cost us $20 billion dollars+ eventually... You never know

 

[BHarwana]

It is $14 billion dollars since last couplecof years... Will likely cost more in fresh surveys and more by the time it completes

I think it may cost us $20 billion dollars+ eventually... You never know

$20 billion is too much it will only add a $1 billion more at max. If it constructed with donation funds the cost will come down by %7 due to no interest rate imposed by loans.

The worst thing is that they spent billions on roads instead of this dam. Hydroelectric electricity is cheap and would have brought the electricity cost down and reduced the hydrocarbon import bill by great percentage.

 

[hazzam]

Don't worry I will keep you updated.

two dams are proposed ?

 

[BHarwana]

two dams are proposed ?

Yes 2 are proposed. why what is your question?

 

[hazzam]

Yes 2 are proposed. why what is your question?

i am concerned about cost , way back in 2008 , 12 bn dollars was the cost of one dam or both ?

 

[BHarwana]

i am concerned about cost , way back in 2008 , 12 bn dollars was the cost of one dam or both ?

One dam. don't worry Pakistanis make documented donation of more than $3 billion a year.

 

[hazzam]

One dam. don't worry Pakistanis make documented donation of more than $3 billion a year.

very good ,
dams take long time to build , at least a decade , at the end of 2028 dam may complete ,
this project will finally cost at least 30 billion dollars in 2028 , considering rate of dollar in 2008 .same thing apply for another mohmand dam.

 

[Canuck786]

Mohmand Dam will cost little over a billion dollars as its a much smaller dam being built on Swat River.

 

[BHarwana]

very good ,
dams take long time to build , at least a decade , at the end of 2028 dam may complete ,
this project will finally cost at least 30 billion dollars in 2028 , considering rate of dollar in 2008 .same thing apply for another mohmand dam.

The estimate cost is given in Dollars to make you understand it. Dollars are not required for Pakistan to construct the Dam we have domestic construction industry that produces most of construction material.

 

[hazzam]

Mohmand Dam will cost little over a billion dollars as its a much smaller dam being built on Swat River.

smaller dams are more advisable because of cost and time involved is less .

 

[BHarwana]

at the end of 2028 dam may complete

Nope the time you are quoting is wrong the damn can be completed in lesser time by 2024 it will be running.

 

[Canuck786]

Also the cost is higher because about 106 km of karakorum highway will submerge as a result of lake formed for this dam. The cost of realignment of Karakorum highway is also factored into this number.

 

[BHarwana]

Mohmand Dam will cost little over a billion dollars as its a much smaller dam being built on Swat River.

The work on Mohmand Dam has already started.

 

[hazzam]

The estimate cost is given in Dollars to make you understand it. Dollars are not required for Pakistan to construct the Dam we have domestic construction industry that produces most of construction material.

even if you depend on your local construction industry ,you have to procure equipment , machinery , design, from other countries , you have to purchase all these things in dollars , cost is mostly affected by fuel oil which you will get only in dollars . big dam projects are very prone to cost overrun , sometimes they cross over up to 400 percent , if construction period escalates again it affects cost of the project .
but this is good step you people have taken the first step towards the journey .

 

[BHarwana]

even if you depend on your local construction industry ,you have to procure equipment , machinery , design, from other countries , you have to purchase all these things in dollars , cost is mostly affected by fuel oil which you will get only in dollars . big dam projects are very prone to cost overrun , sometimes they cross over up to 400 percent , if construction period escalates again it affects cost of the project .
but this is good step you people have taken the first step towards the journey .

The Dams are in ready for construction stage.