Seventy-two percent of construction work on the multipurpose Kurram Tangi dam has been completed.

In a statement today, Project Director WAPDA Engr Zahoor Hussain said that 1.2 million acres feet water would be stored and 80.9MW electricity to be generated from Kurram Tangi Dam.

He said the design and feasibility study of stage-II of the dam are under process that would be completed with assistance of Asian Development Bank.

Zahoor Hussain said these projects would help address problems of energy shortfall and bring green revolution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.