The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Thursday approved three major projects, including supply of drinking water to Gwadar, a hydropower project at Mohmand Agency and Metro Bus service for the new Islamabad International Airport.
The ECNEC meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi gave approval for the Rs 309.558 billion multi-purpose Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project. Besides producing 800 MW of electricity, the dam would also have a storage capacity of 1,594 million cubic meters of water that could be used for irrigation, flood mitigation and supply of drinking water to Peshawar and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The ECNEC gave approval for the construction cost of infrastructure and allied works for metro bus services from Peshawar Morr interchange to the New Islamabad International Airport. The Central Development Working Party had recommended the review of the project by the ECNEC. The 25.6 km-long project, which was still in different stages of completion, would cost Rs16.43 billion and provide affordable and convenient transport for passengers using the New Islamabad International Airport, rescheduled for opening in the first week of May.
Published in Daily Times, April 27th 2018.
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