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Monday, March 03, 2014 - Islamabad—The Water and Power Development Authority has expedited the work on constructing small dams to irrigate over 130‚000 acres of land in various areas of the country.
A WAPDA official said Nai Gaj Dam was being constructed in Sindh‚ Ghabir Dam in Punjab‚ Kurram Tangi Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
The dams would help storing 650‚000 acres feet of water‚ to irrigate more than 130‚000 acres of land.
Meanwhile, officials sources said despite challenges, the government has embarked upon an ambitious plan of coping with energy crisis at both short- term and long-term basis and has been engaged in setting up infrastructure to add at least 2,000 MW of electricity in the system as early as by the end of 2014.
Owing to various measures the government has already adopted, the load-shedding would be reduced to as low as 6 hour during this summer, according to the sources in the ministry. “The government has devised short, medium and long term strategies to overcome the energy crisis”, the sources said.
In tandem with other pressing challenges like terrorism and law and order situation, Energy has become one of the top priorities of the government, which has taken now several measures to mitigate crisis and facilitate the masses, the sources added.
Among the infrastructure developments, the Tarbela 4th and Tarbela 5th hydropower projects would add 1410 MW and 1320 MW respectively electricity to the current existing capacity of Tarbela hydropower units.
With the addition of 2,730 MW, the total capacity of Tarbela hydropower project would surge to 6,208 MW.—NNI
WAPDA expedites work on construction of small dams
A WAPDA official said Nai Gaj Dam was being constructed in Sindh‚ Ghabir Dam in Punjab‚ Kurram Tangi Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
The dams would help storing 650‚000 acres feet of water‚ to irrigate more than 130‚000 acres of land.
Meanwhile, officials sources said despite challenges, the government has embarked upon an ambitious plan of coping with energy crisis at both short- term and long-term basis and has been engaged in setting up infrastructure to add at least 2,000 MW of electricity in the system as early as by the end of 2014.
Owing to various measures the government has already adopted, the load-shedding would be reduced to as low as 6 hour during this summer, according to the sources in the ministry. “The government has devised short, medium and long term strategies to overcome the energy crisis”, the sources said.
In tandem with other pressing challenges like terrorism and law and order situation, Energy has become one of the top priorities of the government, which has taken now several measures to mitigate crisis and facilitate the masses, the sources added.
Among the infrastructure developments, the Tarbela 4th and Tarbela 5th hydropower projects would add 1410 MW and 1320 MW respectively electricity to the current existing capacity of Tarbela hydropower units.
With the addition of 2,730 MW, the total capacity of Tarbela hydropower project would surge to 6,208 MW.—NNI
WAPDA expedites work on construction of small dams
