Besides initiating new projects in water and hydropower sectors, completion of the under-construction projects in shortest possible time is the foremost priority of the present management of the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). This was stated by WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah during his maiden address to the WAPDA senior officers here at WAPDA House today.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman said that on-time completion of the projects is vital in view of the increasing needs of water and electricity in the country. He directed the project authorities to expedite their efforts in completing the projects, so that their benefits could be accrued to mitigate water and power shortfall. He said that WAPDA should come up to the expectations of the people, as it deals with the two vital sectors of water and hydropower in the country.
Dilating upon the new projects, the Chairman said that work on Naulong, Nai Gaj, Ghabir and Kurram Tangi Dam projects - one each in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - is being started on fast track basis. The consultants and the contractors are being mobilised to the sites for the purpose, he added. The Chairman, while spelling of his priorities, said that the present management will leave no stone unturned to make WAPDA an engineering organisation par excellence. Any suggestion for further improvement in functioning of WAPDA will be valued, he further said. WAPDA Member (Power) Muhammad Qasim Khan, Member (Finance) Syed Nazakat Ali Shah, Secretary Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, General Managers, Chief Engineers and Director Generals of various formations attended the meeting.