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PESHAWAR (September 30, 2010) : The Kurram Tangi Dam project would cost Rs 46.213 billion as per revised estimates to generate 83.4MW electricity and boost agriculture in as much as 362,380 acres command area. This was told during a briefing to Governor Owais Ghani at a meeting on the project here at Governor's House on Wednesday.
Chairman Wapda Shakil Durrani briefed the Governor on the objectives, salient features and current status with physical progress and issues concerned. Additional Chief Secretary Fata Habibullah Khan, Chief Executive FDA Attaullah Khan, Secretary to Governor Sikandar Qayum, Maqsood Shafiq Qureshi GM Hydro Planning WAPDA, Mr Fazale Mabood GM Projects North Wapda, Mohammad Wali Chief Executive Pesco, Abdul Rashid Gandapur CEO Tesco and Mohammad Naeem Khan GM Technical FDA attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed the Kurram Tangi Dam, Gomal Zam Dam and Munda Dam projects, located in Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and vowed to make every effort for smooth implementation on these projects of vital national interest. The meeting was told that detailed engineering design of the project has been completed and land acquisition is being carried out. The projects will irrigate new areas in Sheratalla, Spaira Ragha and Thal plains, generate cheap and pollution free electricity and improve the socio-economic conditions of the most backward areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.
On the multipurpose Gomal Zam Dam, the meeting was told that 90.16 percent progress had been achieved with regard to dam, hydro power and irrigation component whereas progress on over all completion of the project was 63.70 percent. The project costing Rs 12.829 billion would generate 17.4MW electricity and would benefit 191,139 acre cultivable command area.
The meeting was also updated on the proposed Munda Dam Multipurpose project and was informed that the dam when completed would generate worth Rs 19.623 billion annual power benefits, Rs 648 million annual agricultural benefits and Rs 116 million annual flood mitigation benefits. The dam would generate 2407GWh hydro power annually. The meeting identified security environment in the respective areas as the main concern with regard to Gomal Zam and Kurram Tangi dams.
Addressing the meeting the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Owais Ahmed Ghani assured that this issue would be addressed and added, "We are back on track as regard the security situation and are moving in the right direction that will certainly help remove the impediments in this regard". He also issued directives to the relevant authorities for effective co-ordination with the concerned quarters to ensure foolproof security to these projects.
Chairman Wapda Shakil Durrani briefed the Governor on the objectives, salient features and current status with physical progress and issues concerned. Additional Chief Secretary Fata Habibullah Khan, Chief Executive FDA Attaullah Khan, Secretary to Governor Sikandar Qayum, Maqsood Shafiq Qureshi GM Hydro Planning WAPDA, Mr Fazale Mabood GM Projects North Wapda, Mohammad Wali Chief Executive Pesco, Abdul Rashid Gandapur CEO Tesco and Mohammad Naeem Khan GM Technical FDA attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed the Kurram Tangi Dam, Gomal Zam Dam and Munda Dam projects, located in Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and vowed to make every effort for smooth implementation on these projects of vital national interest. The meeting was told that detailed engineering design of the project has been completed and land acquisition is being carried out. The projects will irrigate new areas in Sheratalla, Spaira Ragha and Thal plains, generate cheap and pollution free electricity and improve the socio-economic conditions of the most backward areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.
On the multipurpose Gomal Zam Dam, the meeting was told that 90.16 percent progress had been achieved with regard to dam, hydro power and irrigation component whereas progress on over all completion of the project was 63.70 percent. The project costing Rs 12.829 billion would generate 17.4MW electricity and would benefit 191,139 acre cultivable command area.
The meeting was also updated on the proposed Munda Dam Multipurpose project and was informed that the dam when completed would generate worth Rs 19.623 billion annual power benefits, Rs 648 million annual agricultural benefits and Rs 116 million annual flood mitigation benefits. The dam would generate 2407GWh hydro power annually. The meeting identified security environment in the respective areas as the main concern with regard to Gomal Zam and Kurram Tangi dams.
Addressing the meeting the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Owais Ahmed Ghani assured that this issue would be addressed and added, "We are back on track as regard the security situation and are moving in the right direction that will certainly help remove the impediments in this regard". He also issued directives to the relevant authorities for effective co-ordination with the concerned quarters to ensure foolproof security to these projects.
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