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ISLAMABAD: Chairman WAPDA Retired Lieutenant General Muzammil Hussain has said that as many as twenty million acre barren land can be made arable by developing water reservoirs in the country.

He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry that visited WAPDA House in Lahore on Friday. The delegation was briefed about WAPDA projects in water and hydropower sectors.

The delegation was also apprised that contract for Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project has been awarded, while work on Diamer Basha Dam will also commence this year.

 

Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2019

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