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DARABAN ZAM DAM PROJECT |
| 1.
Location: (Attach location map) |
The dam is located on Khora River near existing Zam Burg Tower, 69 KM South West of D.I Khan. |
| 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: | * Irrigated
Agriculture Development with high Efficiency Irrigation System. * Flood Mitigation * Hydropower Generation. * Drinking Water Supply * Socio-economic uplift * Women emancipation. |
| 4. Date of Commencement: | 2012-13 (Tentative) |
| 5. Date of Completion: | 2015-16 (Construction Period =3 Years) |
| 6. Project
Cost: (As per PC-I/PC-II) |
Original Approved Rs.2.751 Billion
Revised Rs. 5.828 (Under Submission) |
| 7. Salient Features |
154 ft high Earth Core Rock fill Dam will create gross storage of 69,740 AF and this storage will be used to irrigate 16,000 acres of Culturable Command Area with high efficiency irrigation system alongwith hydropower generation of 750 KW. |
| 8. Present
Status / Progress (Attach site pictures) |
- PC-I approved by
ECNEC in its meeting held on September 3, 2009. - Updated PC-I amounting to Rs.5.828 Billion prepared and under review for approval of ECNEC. - Tenders for Construction on EPC basis invited/received on July 20, 2010. - M/s Descon Engineering submitted the bid, evaluated and post qualified. - Construction of the Project deferred keeping in view of non allocation of funds in PSDP for the Project and inauspicious security situation in the project area. - WAPDA Authority decided toi conduct Detailed Engineering Design of the Project to invite tenders on measurement (BOQ) basis. - No funds allocated in PSDP 2011-12. |
| 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 31.12.2011 | |
Darbar Zam Dam Location Map