According to Senator Faisal Javed, the ground-breaking of Mohmand Dam is scheduled on May 2 and it will be carried out by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
This announcement was made through Javed’s official Twitter account, he tweeted, “Prime Minister Imran Khan to perform the ground-breaking of Mohmand Dam on 2nd May 2019. Special thanks to all the donors who are contributing for this great cause.”
Prime Minister Imran Khan to perform the ground-breaking of Mohmand Dam on 2nd May 2019 insh’ALLAH #WaterForLife #Dams #PakistanZindabad Special thanks to all the Donars who are contributing for this great cause Masha’ALLAH #Prayers
— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) April 30, 2019
The groundbreaking of the Dam was expected to happen in January but due to the busy schedule of the Prime Minister, it was postponed.
According to the reports, Mohmand Dam will have a capacity to store 300,000 cusecs of water and it is a flood control dam.
The dam has a gross capacity of 1.9 million acre-feet (MAF), live capacity 0.67 MAF with power generation potential of 800 megawatts (MW) and annual energy production of 2862 GWh.
The cost of the project swelled from $1 billion in 2003 to $3 billion because of the undue delay during Musharraf regime.