ECNEC approves revised land acquisition cost for Dasu Hydropower Project.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water Resources on Tuesday was informed that the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the revised land acquisition cost for Dasu Hydropower Project worth Rs37 billion. The committee, which met with Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur in the chair, reviewed land acquisition issues of Dasu Hydropower Project, implementation status of earlier recommendations of the committee, water distribution and its shortages to the provinces. Briefing the NA panel, WAPDA member Zahid Khan Durrani said that the authority would arrange additional cost of Rs18 billion from its own equity and local commercial financing.

He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) had already committed that the district administration would...