LAHORE: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed to provide a grant of $81m to Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for the construction of stage-I of Kurram Tangi Dam.
Kurram Tangi Dam is a component of the federal government’s least-cost energy generation and water storage development strategy. The strategy aims to improve the ratio of hydroelectric power in the system to provide relief to the people, in addition to developing water storage capacity for agriculture.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved stage-I of Kurram Tangi Dam costing Rs12.662bn in its meeting held on Thursday.
19 militants killed in raids
Kabul: 19 armed Taliban militants were killed, six wounded and seven others arrested in several joint anti-terrorist operations by Afghan army and police forces in various provinces of Afghanistan during the past 24 hours.
A statement issued by the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul today said the operations were carried out in Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kandahar, Herat, Paktika and Helmand provinces and some ammunition was also recovered from the militants.
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