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Source: Dawn, Pakistan, February 13, 2001

Raising of dam's height to cost Rs53 billion: 40,000 to be resettled

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: WAPDA's proposed plan to raise the height of the 
Mangla reservoir by 40 feet will cost Rs 53 billion including Rs. 20 
billion for population resettlement, Dawn learnt on Monday.

The raising of dam's height, which has already been approved by Chief 
Executive General Pervez Musharraf, entails displacement of around 
40,000 people living in over 7,000 houses falling within the project 
area.

The storage capacity of Mangla Dam will be increased by 3.10 MAF 
(million acre feet) and its energy output will be enhanced by 18 
percent by raising its height to 40 feet, said the feasibility report 
prepared
by WAPDA, as a part of its 25-year vision plan.

WAPDA has already initiated work for preparing engineering design and 
tender documents, which, officials said, would take at least 18 
months before starting physical work on the project.

Existing height of the dam is 380 feet having a storage capacity of 
4.82 MAF with a potential to generate 1,000 MW of electricity. Mangla 
dam was constructed in 1966, on river Jhelum near Mirpur, a major
city of Azad Kashmir. It has remained a major source of irrigation 
water and hydro-electric power generation since then.

The country has a total storage capacity of 17.1 MAF and the raising 
height of the dam will add another 3.1 MAF. However, the plan to 
increase the height of Mangla dam is being opposed by the people of 
Mirpur and the government of Azad Kashmir.

Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry had recently said 
at a public meeting that his government had not been consulted by the 
centre over this project. He said AJK government would oppose the 
plan as and when the federal government would seek its consent.


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