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DARABAN ZAM DAM PROJECT |
| Location |
The dam is located on Khora River near existing Zam Burg Tower, 69 KM South West of D.I Khan. |
| Objectives | - Storage of flood
water for irrigted agriculture development of 15,000 acres of Culturable
Command Area. * Hydropower Generation of 0.75 MW. * Socio economic uplift, poverty reduction and women emancipation. |
| Salient Features | |
| - Type of the Dam | Earth Core Rock fill |
| - Height of Dam | 154 FT |
| - Length of Dam | 1426 FT |
| - Catchment Area | 410 Sq. Miles |
| Mean Annual Flow | 50,274 AF |
| - Gross Storage | 69,739 Acres |
| - Cultivable Command Area | 15,000 Acres |
| -Cropping Intensity | 200% |
| -Power Generation | 0.75 MW |
| -Cost of the Project | Rs. 5.828 Billion |
| Current Status | - PC-I amounting to Rs.
2.751 Billion approved by ECNEC on September 3, 2009. - Tenders for Construction on EPC basis invited/received on July 20, 2010. M/s Descon Engineering submitted the bid, evaluated and post qualified. - WAPDA Authority in its meeting held on January 19, 2011 deferred the construction of the Project keeping in view of non allocation of funds in PSDP for the Project and inauspicious security situation in the Project area and it was decided to conduct detailed Engineering Design of the Project to invite tenders on measurement (BOQ) basis. |
| Updated as on 08.03.2012 | |
Darbar Zam Dam Location Map