Construction work on Mohmand dam begun.

Construction work on Mohmand dam has started which will take 6 years to complete.
Chairman WAPDA Muzammal Hussain has said as many as 6000 employees will be hired for the construction of the dam. Rs 4 billion will be spent on the betterment of the local population. at the moment we can not  preserve water unfortunately, and hence 90 percent of the water is wasted.
According to WAPDA representatives of Chinese company have also arrived following the commencement of construction work.
800 mega watt electricity will be generated from Mohmand dam and the cities including Charsada, Nowshehra, and Peshawar will be secured from floods. 16737 acres land will be cultivated yielding income to the tune of Rs 51.6 billion per annum.