US to provide over $20 million for construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam
- November 27, 2013, 7:26 pm
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ISLAMABAD Nov 27 (Online): The United States has so far committed over twenty million dollars for construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam.
A US embassy official said in Islamabad that out of this amount 560000 dollars is for three additional feasibility studies for the dam.
He said that as part of its ongoing programmes in Pakistan the United States will also spend fourteen million dollars on installation of smart meters to gauge electricity use at sub stations and counter problem of power theft.
