Kurram Tangi Dam
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The Kurram Tangi Dam (
Location
The Kurram Tangi Dam is located across Kaitu River (which more downstream becomes the
Irrigation system
The project will be constructed in two phases. Stage-I consists in a 18 ft-tall weir on Kaitu River. It will be completed within 3 years, and allow the irrigation of 16,000 acres of land in North Waziristan Agency, while about 18MW of electricity will be generated.
The complete system will irrigate a command area of 84,380 acres and have hydro-power generation capacity of 83.4 MW. The dam is also designed to supplement 278,000 acres of existing system of Civil and Marwat Canals.[3]
Work Progress
In January 2013
On June 7, 2016, the Contract Agreement was signed and the Engineer's Order to Commence was issued a week later.
In July 2016, construction started. The foundation stone was laid on March 3, 2017, by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[4]
April 2019 was the estimated completion date for phase I.[5] Construction works for phase II had not started yet as of February 2020.[6]
The physical progress of the project is around 60.75%.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kurram Tangi Dam
- ^ "Work on Kurram-Tangi Dam in full swing". 13 July 2017.
- ^ "KURRAM TANGI DAM MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT". WAPDA, Govt. of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Dawn.com (3 March 2017). "PM Nawaz lays foundation stone of Kurram Tangi Dam in North Waziristan".
- ^ Kurram Tangi Dam
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (2020-02-12). "Upper house passes two bills with amendments". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-04-12.