Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has expedited construction work on 12 small and medium dams aimed at enhancing, clean energy generation, water availability and climate resilience across the country.
As per detail given by the official sources, the dams were dual purpose projects as these were designed to store rain and floodwater along with hydropower generation in all the federating units of the country.
He added that the small and medium dam projects initiated in Balochistan included Winder Dam project that would produce 0.3 megawatts (MW) energy and water storage capacity of 0.036 Million acre-foot (MAF), Naulong Dam to produce 4.4 MW power and store 0.20 MAF water, Hingol Dam to generate 1 MW electricity and 1.41 MAF water storage, Garuk Dam to have 0.3 MW power production capacity and 0.05 MAF water storage and Pelar Dam to produce 0.3 MW energy and would conserve 0.099 MAF water.—APP
