The government has accelerated work on four major dam projects that are expected to add more than eight million acre feet of water storage capacity.

According to APP,  the four projects with a combined live storage capacity of 8.136 million acre feet include the strategically important Diamer-Bhasha Dam with storage capacity of 6.4 MAF, Mohmand Dam with 0.676 MAF, Kurram Tangi Dam with 0.90 MAF and Nai Gaj Dam with 0.16 MAF.

In addition, several new reservoir projects with an estimated live storage capacity of 15.88 MAF are at planning and design stages.

These include Sindh Barrage with 2.0 MAF, Shyok Dam Multipurpose Project with 5.5 MAF, Akhori Dam with 7.0 MAF, Chiniot Dam with 0.93 MAF and Murunj Dam with 0.45 MAF.