ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to purchase over 18300 acres of land for the construction of 4500MW Diamer-Bhasha Dam project and pay Rs49 billion to the affectees against land compensation within the next six months, reported Radio Pakistan.
According to the report, the government has already purchased over 3000 kanal land from three villages in Chilas and also paid compensation to the owners. Three model villages are also being set up at Chilas to provide one kanal land to each affected person free of cost.
A 35-kilometre-long by-pass road is also being constructed from Chital to Chilas which will be used for transportation of machinery for the dam and also smooth traffic on Karakorum Highway during the construction of dam project.
