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Severe water scarcity in Skardu as key dam falls to dead level
Updated : 14 hours, 24 min ago IST
Drinking water is being only provided to Skardu town during Sehri and Iftar hours due to the shortage.
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Chinese firm abandons Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Pakistan
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], September 11 (ANI): The Chinese engineers and staff have abandoned their repair of the mega 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir which is shut down since early July this year after Pakistan faced a continuous shortage of fuel and elec
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Pakistan fails to attend international conference on large dams
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan missed the week-long important conference of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) held in Marseille, France, which is the world's leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the art and science of dam engineering.
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Pakistan: Water, power development authority chief resigns citing personal
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Muzammil Hussain has resigned from his post citing "personal reasons."
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Pakistan PM orders completion of Diamer Bhasha dam by 2026
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to complete the Diamer Bhasha Dam project by 2026 instead of 2029.
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Anti-Pak protest in PoK over construction of Neelum-Jhelum hydropower proj
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [Pakistan], Jan 11 (ANI): A large number of local residents and political activists carried out massive protests on Friday against the construction of Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Disgruntled PoK residents demand disbanding of WAPDA
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Muzaffarabad [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Mar 14 (ANI): People in Muzzafarabad of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) took to the streets protesting against the Pakistan establishment and WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan), which at the behest of repressive bosses in Islam
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Pak water authority cancels USD 4.5bn contracts with Chinese firm
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in Pakistan has terminated two of its key contracts with a Chinese firm, even before the formal launch of USD 4.5 billion Dasu hydropower project, citing 'fundamental breaches' of the agreement.
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