ISLAMABAD: To overcome water shortages in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, authorities have approved plans to build two new dams, namely Dotara and Shahdara.

If all goes as planned, construction of the two new dams will be completed by December 2027.

A meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi and attended by Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Syed Tauqir Hussain Shah, CDA Chairman Mohammad Ali Randhawa and other officials of the civic agency and the Punjab government on Friday gave the go-ahead for the start of the Dotara and Sha

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