The initial feasibility study of the Mohmand Dam Project was completed in March 2000. Subsequently, Pakistan's Ministry of Water & Power awarded a review of the initial feasibility study to an American firm, AMZO LLC, which submitted a revised feasibility study to the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB). The Ministry of Water & Power reassigned the project to Pakistan's
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) for carrying out detailed engineering design and construction of the project. Revised Project Cost (PC-II) amounting estimate to Rs. 648.324 million was approved by CDWP subject to availability of foreign funding.
Expression of Interest (EOI) for shortlisting of consultants for detailed engineering design and preparation of tender documents were received on 23 November 2010. Nine firms/joint ventures (JVs) submitted EOI documents out of which five firms/JVs were shortlisted and RFP issued to shortlisted firms. Technical and financial proposals from shortlisted firms for detailed engineering design and preparation of tender documents were invited on 6 July 2011. Mohmand Dam detailed engineering design was completed in April, 2017. - Its PC-1 approved by CDWP on 19-3-2018 - Its PC-I approved by ECNEC on 26-4-2018 - Rs 2 billion allocated in PSDP 2018–19 to start the project in 2019 after completion of procedures. After completion of initial planning, study, financing, consultation and cooking up by previous governments finally, construction started in 2019. Its expected completion year is 2026. On May 21, 2019, WAPDA signed the contract agreement worth Rs9.98 billion with a joint venture namely Mohmand Dam Consultants Group (MDCG) for consultancy services, construction design, construction supervision and contract management of Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project. The JV, led by NESPAK, comprised six partners and seven sub-consultants (four foreign and nine local firms). It is pertinent to mention that a Pakistani engineering firm had been assigned the lead role in the contract for consultancy services in such a mega water sector project for the first time in the history of Pakistan for capacity building of the local engineering firms and making them at par with the known international consultants. == Salient features ==