Compensation increased to Rs54 billion: Mangla dam-affected people
The government has raised the compensatory amount from Rs18 billion to Rs54 billion for disbursement among the people affected by the raising of the country's second biggest reservoir, Mangla Dam. This was disclosed by Commissioner Mangla Dam Affairs Engineer Chaudhry Ameer Afzal while talking to a delegation of Britain-based affected persons, who called on him in his office here on Friday. Mr Afzal said construction work on raising of Mangla Dam would be completed by the end of next year.