Pakistan

WAPDA initiates four uplift schemes of Rs645mn

Published January 17, 2014 Updated January 17, 2014 03:31pm

MIRPUR: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has initiated four development schemes worth Rs 645 million in the vicinity of Mangla Dam.

According to Wapda sources, these new schemes included dualisation of Mangla-Mirpur highway and three Public Parks, official sources told APP on Friday.

Construction work on all these uplift projects is in full swing. Raising Project as confidence building measures, besides spending a hefty amount of Rs 70 billion on compensation of land and resettlement works for affectees of the project.

The high ups of WAPDA did a tremendous job in completing Mangla Dam Raising Project and fulfilling their commitments with compensation package for the affectees and also inked the agreement for resettlement and rehabilitation of the affectees.

WAPDA has also started additional development schemes in view of its corporate social responsibility, adding that all the four schemes would be completed by the end of the ongoing fiscal year.

Dilating upon the benefits of Mangla Dam Raising Project, the sources pointed out that the project will be instrumental in socio-economic uplift of the country. The project will provide 2.9 million acre feet of additional water for agriculture and generate 644 million additional units of electricity annually from the existing Mangla Hydel Power Station.