Chairman WAPDA Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) visited Mohmand Dam, a multipurpose project being constructed across River Swat in Mohmand District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and reviewed the ongoing construction activities carried out at the key sites of the project.
During his visit, Chairman WAPDA Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) was briefed about the construction in progress at different sites of Mohmand Dam Project that including Diversion Tunnels Outlet Works and Downstream Coffer Dam, Powerhouse Excavation and Shaft Access Tunnel, Spillway Concrete Works, Main Dam, Pit and Plinth Excavation/Concrete Works, Downstream Coffer Dam and Diversion Tunnels Inlet Structure, Power Intake on-going works.
During his visit, Chairman WAPDA accompanied the General Manager/Project Director of the Mohmand Dam Project with his team and representatives of the Consultants and Contractors.
The Chairman also presided over a progress review meeting at the project office with the WAPDA team, consultants, and contractors to meet the timelines under the schedule for completing the project. The matters related to construction in progress on Upstream and Downstream Coffer Dams, Dam Plinth, Footprint and Pit Excavation Powerhouse, Power Intake/Tunnel Quarry Development, large-scale Triaxial Results, and Spillway Concrete were discussed in detail to achieve the target of timely completion scheduled for 2026-27.
It is important to note that WAPDA is constructing the Mohmand Dam Project across River Swat in the Mohmand District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the 5th highest concrete-face-rock-fill dam (CFRD) in the world and the first-highest CFRD in Pakistan.
Mohmand Dam will store water for agriculture, control floods, supply water to Peshawar for urban use and generate green, clean and economically affordable hydel electricity. On completion, Mohmand Dam will store 1.29 MAF of water to irrigate 18,237 acres of new land in Mohmand and Charsadda and supplement irrigation supplies to 160,000 acres of existing land. The project has an installed power capacity of 800 MW with an annual energy generation of 2.86 billion units of electricity. It will also provide Peshawar with 300 million gallons of water daily for drinking purposes. Annual benefits of the project are estimated at Rs. 51.6 billion.
