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NAI GAJ
DAM PROJECT |
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| 1.
Location (Attach location map) |
The Nai Gaj Dam Project is envisaged to be located on Gaj River about 0.5 miles west of Gaj Inspection Bunglaw in district Dadu of Sindh Province. |
| 2. Scope of Work |
Government of Pakistan intends to develop land and water resources of the country for irrigated agriculture development, hydropower, flood control, socio economic uplift, emancipation of poor and needy women of the area. |
| 3. Objectives / Benefits | * Irrigation * Hydropower Generation * Flood Control * Socio-economic uplift. * Women emancipation. |
| 4. Date of Commencement | October 2009 |
| 5. Date of Completion | September 2013 |
| 6. Project Cost (As per PC-I/PC-II) | Rs. 16,924 Million |
| 7. Salient Features |
194 ft high Earth Core Rockfill Dam will create gross storage of 0.30 MAF and this storage will be used to irrigate 80,000 acres of land with high efficiency irrigation system alongwith hydropower generation of 4.2 MW. |
| 8. Present
Status / Progress (Attach site pictures) |
- PC-I approved by
ECNEC in its meeting held on September 3, 2009. - Tenders for construction invited on July 02, 2010. |
| 9.
Incharge of the Project (Give Name, Designation, Address & Contact No.) |
Mr. Shahid Hamid, Director, Small / Medium Dams 201 - WAPDA House Lahore (Ph: 042-99203701) |
| Updated as on 31.07.2010 | |
NAI GAJ DAM LOCATION MAP