Mohmand Dam
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Mohmand Dam (previously known as Munda Dam[1]) is an under construction multi-purpose concrete-faced rock-filled dam located on the Swat River approximately 37 km north of Peshawar and 5 km upstream of Munda Headworks in Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2][3]
Once completed, the dam will generate 800 MW of hydroelectricity, would irrigate 16,100 acres of land and control floods downstream.[1] It is expected to provide numerous estimated annual benefits including Rs. 4.98 billion in annual water storage benefits, Rs. 19.6 billion in power generation benefits by generating 2.4 billion units of electricity annually and Rs. 79 million in annual flood mitigation benefits.[4][3]
Mohmand Dam is also expected to protect
The reservoir that will be created behind the dam would also provide recreational facilities and promote fisheries.[7]
Planning and Financing
The initial feasibility study of the Mohmand Dam Project was completed in March 2000. Subsequently, Pakistan's Ministry of Water & Power awarded a review of the initial feasibility study to an American firm, AMZO LLC, which submitted a revised feasibility study to the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB). The Ministry of Water & Power reassigned the project to Pakistan's
Mohmand Dam detailed engineering design was completed in April, 2017. - Its PC-1 approved by CDWP on 19-3-2018 - Its PC-I approved by ECNEC on 26-4-2018 - Rs 2 billion allocated in PSDP 2018–19 to start the project in 2019 after completion of procedures. On 6 July 2018 chief justice of Pakistan donated 1 million Pakistani rupees for the construction of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams project.
After completion of initial planning, study, financing, consultation and cooking up by previous governments finally, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated construction of Mohmand Dam on May 2, 2019. Its expected completion year is 2024.
On May 21, 2019, WAPDA signed the contract agreement worth Rs9.98 billion with a joint venture namely Mohmand Dam Consultants Group (MDCG) for consultancy services, construction design, construction supervision and contract management of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project. The JV, led by NESPAK, comprised six partners and seven sub-consultants (four foreign and nine local firms). It is pertinent to mention that a Pakistani engineering firm had been assigned the lead role in the contract for consultancy services in such a mega water sector project for the first time in the history of Pakistan for capacity building of the local engineering firms and making them at par with the known international consultants.[9]
Salient features
Dam:
Type: Concrete-Faced Rock-Filled
Length: 2,500 ft (760 m)[7]
Height: 698.82 ft (213.00 m)
Width: N/A
Reservoir Capacity:
Gross: 1.293 million acre-feet (1.595 km3)
Live: 0.676 MAF
Dead: 0.617 MAF
Flood: 0.081 MAF
Power Generation estimate:
Maximum Capacity: 800 MW
Command Area:
Total: 17,000 Acres
Construction:
Construction Period estimated: 5 years + 8 months
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Munda Dam". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ "Mohmand Dam Project". wapda.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ a b c "Munda Dam to be constructed on priority basis - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ a b WAPDA advertisement appearing in The Nation, 20 August 2011
- ^ Newspaper, the (16 June 2011). "Munda dam should be a priority". dawn.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Munda Dam could have avoided flood devastation: report". www.allvoices.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
- ^ a b Mumtaz Hamid Rao, ed. (19 October 2010). "WAPDA seeks EOI from consultants for constructing Munda Dam". Pakistan Times. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ "France provides 61mn euros to Pakistan for two hydropower projects". 2 April 2014.
- ^ "WAPDA Signs Consultancy Agreement For Mohmand Dam - UrduPoint".