Zehri lays foundation stone of Mangi Dam Balochistan

[Kabira]

QUETTA - The Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Tuesday laid down the foundation stone of Mangi Dam mega project. The project, which has been estimated to cost Rs9.33 billion, will be completed in four phases in three-year duration.


The chief minister was flanked by Speaker Balochistan Assembly Ms Raheela Hamid Khan Durrani, Minister Public Health Engineering Nawab Ayaz Khan Jogezai, Minister for Planning and Development Dr Hamid Khan Achakzai, Commander Southern Command Lt-Gen Aamir Riaz and others ministers and MPAs.

Qambar Dashti, Secretary Public Health Engineering, briefing the participants said the Mangi Dam will be constructed with the cost of Rs9.33 billion which will be completed in 36 months period in four consecutive phases. He said the federal government was financing half of the amount earmarked for the project.

The four phases, which are part of the project, including erection of dam, installation of pipelines, fixation of pumping machinery and construction of water storing tanks, said Dashti. The Mangi Dam project, some 85 km from Quetta, has specially been planned to meet the rising demand of water in provincial capital Quetta.

He said the Mangi dam will have storage capacity up to 29,550 acre feet and will provide 8.1 million gallons water on regular basis to Quetta. He added that catchment area of dam comprised 1207 acre which would replenish the rapidly falling table of water in the area and help promote agriculture and livestock.

Chief Minister Zehri, addressing the ceremony, said that exemplary peace had been restored in Balochistan after rendering numerous sacrifices and the government would not anyone to harm it at any cost.

The chief minister reminded with determination that the precarious affairs, that Balochistan encountered prior to 2013 general polls, won’t be let to revisit the province.

Grieving upon the deplorable episodes of past, Zehri added, “The personnel of law enforcement agencies were martyred and we have sacrificed our children which will not be allowed to go waste.”

He said the whole province along with Quetta was facing acute water shortage but ironically only the pledges were being made to address the water woes and no practical step was taken in this context which made the issue more complex and grave.
http://nation.com.pk/national/12-Apr-2017/zehri-lays-foundation-stone-of-mangi-dam

 

[Arsalan]

There is already a mange dam on ground. Are the laying the foundation stone of an already existing project to score cheap points or have the report failed to mention that it is some extension/up gradation project? (even though a huge extension but extension nonetheless)

 

[volatile]

Mangi Dam is located near Ziarat in Balochistan, Pakistan. The dam was constructed in 1982 and has a height of 18 m (59 ft) and storage capacity of 130,000 m3 (105 acre·ft).It was constructed at a cost of US$36.88 million. It was made to stop the fish from leaving the fishing area.In 2015 it is announced that the dam will also produce electricity and the shortage of load shedding will also reduce.

At an estimated cost Rs 9.85 billion would be launched in order to meet water supply requirement of Quetta city and adjoining areas. According to sources, the Ministry of Water and Power prepared the PC-1 of the project and referred it to the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms. The project envisages:

(i) providing about 8.10 MGD for augmenting the existing under stress water requirements of Quetta Town
(ii) shifting the existing trend of extracting underground water by means of tube wells to more sustainable option of constructing the surface water storage reservoirs
(iii) providing un-interrupted drinking water supplies to the inhabitants of Quetta Town by means of Construction of Water Storage Tanks in Quetta Valley
(iv) uplifting the livelihood of inhabitants by providing employment and business opportunities during construction phase of the project
(v) mitigating the impacts of floods D/S of proposed Dam site. According to PC-1 of the project, the federal and Balochistan governments would share the cost of the project equally. The project would be completed within 36 months after its approval.

Present Status

a)Expression of Interest (EOI) for shortlisting of country leading well reputed consulting firms has been completed.
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b)The Request for Proposal (RFP) documents have been provided to the shortlisted consulting firms in order to obtain technical & financial proposals (Last date 09th June, 2016)
Contract Agreement with FWO


•The Mangi Dam project was originally part of QWSEIP, but later on excluded from the scope of project and included in Federal PSDP as an independent project.
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•Initially an agreement dated 03-3-2006 for survey investigation and designing of Mangi & Halak Dam was signed with FWO for a cost of Rs.48.88 million. FWO has completed the assigned task & payment of Rs.49.93 million has been made to FWO.

There is already a mange dam on ground. Are the laying the foundation stone of an already existing project to score cheap points or have the report failed to mention that it is some extension/up gradation project? (even though a huge extension but extension nonetheless)

 

[Fledgingwings]

May Allah bless both balochistan and its people.