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Lahore: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Shakil Durrani visited Mangla Power House to witness the rehabilitation works at Unit No. 5. He was accompanied by Mangla Dam Raising Project General Manager, Chief Engineer Mangla Dam Organisation, Resident Engineer and other officers concerned. Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman said that WAPDA is implementing a two-pronged strategy for optimum utilization of the indigenous hydropower resources to cope with growing demand of electricity in the country. On the one [...]

Lahore: Mirani Dam is a vital project for socio-economic uplift of the backward areas, as it would boost agriculture, develop fisheries and livestock, help mitigate floods, and provide water for domestic use. While briefing the Senator, Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch about the project, WAPDA Secretary Imtiaz Tajwar said that gross storage capacity of Mirani Dam is more than 300,000 acre feet of water. The dam has a command area of 33,200 acres of land if irrigated through conventional flood irrigation. [...]