PM to perform groundbreaking of Mohmand Dam on May 2

The much-awaited groundbreaking of Mohmand Dam will be performed by Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .

This was announced by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Head of Public Relations Azhar Laghari on his Twitter. Laghari wrote that the premier will inaugurate the groundbreaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project on the morning of May 2.

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI will inaugurate the Groundbreaking Ceremony Of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project on Project Site on the morning Of 2nd May 2019 Insha Allah.

— Azhar Laghari (@AzharLaghariPTI) April 30, 2019

Last year,  former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar took the initiative of collecting donations to overcome the country’s water scarcity. He was then joined by the prime minister and the fund was called the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund.

According to the SBP data, the fund has so far raised Rs. 10,402,081,797. The project is being constructed on Swat River in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and is scheduled to be completed in five years and eight months.

On its completion, the dam will store about 1.2 million acres feet (MAF) of water and generate 800MW of hydel electricity.