Diamir Bhasha Dam
Diamir Bhasha Dam Rashid Hussain On 15 July 2020, Pakistan’s 3rd biggest dam Diamir Bhasha Dam was inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. The dam is designed to generate 4500 Megawatt electricity and it will have the capacity to store 8 million Acre Feet of water, it is said to be the highest dam of the country with a height of 272 meters. The dam will create about 16000 jobs for local persons of the area, it will also contribute towards boosting of country’s Tourism Industry as well. It is expected that the dam construction will be completed by the end of the year 2028. The site of Pakistan’s third biggest dam Diamir Bhasha is located at Chilas city of district Diamir, Gilgit Baltistan. The plan to build this dam was formulated in the 1980s, its foundation stone was laid in 2008 but now its construction work has kicked off. In the past tenures of different governments, feasibility reports of the dam were prepared, but the work on the project could never be started owing...