Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project ..... 800 MW

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Under construction Mohmand Dam Project: Pictorial Highlights

On completion of the project, 12 lakh 29 thousand acres of water will be stored, 800 megawatt electricity will be generated. 18 thousand 233 acres of new land will be cultivated, one lakh 60 thousand acres of already cultivated land will have additional water available, while Peshawar city will have daily needs. 30 crore gallons of water will be provided daily.
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Construction Highlights on Mohmand Dam Project

Water Storage: 1.29 MAF.
Power Generation: 800 MW.
New Land to be Irrigated: 18,233 Acre Feet .
Supplemented Irrigation Supplies to: 160,000 Acre Feet Existing Land.
Water Supply to Peshawar for Muincipal Use: 300 Million Gallon per Day.

 

[ghazi52]

Under-construction Mohmand Dam Project:

On completion of the project, 12 lakh 29 thousand acres of water will be stored, 800 MW electricity will be generated. 18 thousand 233 acres of new land will be cultivated, one lakh 60 thousand acres of already cultivated land will have additional water available.
while Peshawar will be provided with 30 million gallons of water daily for daily needs.

 

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[studsmart]

It seems that this project is seriously behind schedule

 

[Watandar]

It seems that this project is seriously behind schedule

I think every dam or big project in Pakistan is always behind schedule. I think the reasons are inefficiencies, mismanagement plus corruption. At this point I am just content that something is being slowly built.

 

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[hydrabadi_arab]

So Mohmand dam, will generate 2.8bn units/year and cost $2.5bn. I hope the storage/flood protection/agriculture part is worth it because electricity from dams no longer make economic sense.

 

[Sainthood 2.0]

So Mohmand dam, will generate 2.8bn units/year and cost $2.5bn. I hope the storage/flood protection/agriculture part is worth it because electricity from dams no longer make economic sense.

Even for that we need cheaper alternatives
Every year consistently - sindh, punjab, KP should set aside 5-10% of thier budget and build up smaller dams for storage, floods etc, use universties to come up with out of the box cheaper solutions
In this day and age with cheaper solar, domestic coal and TO SOME EXTENT nuclear we dont need these massive dams for electricity "only".
Sure if there are other reasons that's fine ig