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[Bilal.]

Other than the controversial Kala bagh dam the other big storage dams that can be considered are katzarah/skardu dam and the Chinniot dam. Both have strategic importance in improving the life of downstream dams and mitigating floods.
Similarly, in order to mitigate flash floods and provide water for drinking, the dozens of small dams in Balochistan are as important as any big project.

Katzarah dam has been dropped because it will drown the whole of Skardu.

Very important point about Baluchistan flood water storage dams. There is a potential of 8-10 MAF which is wasted at the moment. It can revolutionize agriculture and development in Baluchistan.

Attached document provides some insights.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Marunj dam ka kaya scene hai. Is ki studies hui hui hain? Ya nhn?
Is ko kis method se banana hai? Baqioon ki to funding hai.

News 2-3 days ago

In a major development for harnessing scarce water resources in Southern Punjab, Wapda awarded the consultancy contract worth Rs156.226 million to a joint venture headed by Nespak for feasibility study, detailed engineering design, preparation of tender documents and PC-I of Murunj Dam project.

Wapda’s General Manager (hydro planning) Muhammad Amin and Nespak’s general manager (water and agriculture) Javed Munir signed an agreement on behalf of Wapda and the joint venture respectively in a ceremony held at the Wapda House.

Murunj Dam project will be constructed across Kaha Nullah about 15 km from Marri village and 116 km west of Rajanpur, Punjab. Kaha Nullah is one of the largest hill ******** of the Koh-e-Sulaiman Range located in the vicinity of Rajanpur with average annual inflows of 183,000 acre feet.

The available water resources are very scarce in Rajanpur and adjoining areas facing acute shortage of freshwater for drinking and agriculture.

Murunj Dam project has three main objectives namely storage of water for irrigation and drinking purpose, flood mitigation and power generation.

The project will have gross water storage of 800,000 acre feet. Annual monsoon rains give rise to flashing hill ******** causing inundation of thousands of acres of land in the adjoining foothills and rendering damages to public property and cultivated land each year.

The project will generate 12 megawatt (MW) cheap and environment-friendly electricity. The project is unique in nature for Southern Punjab and will help alleviate poverty from the remote and backward region

 

[Pakistansdefender]

News 2-3 days ago

In a major development for harnessing scarce water resources in Southern Punjab, Wapda awarded the consultancy contract worth Rs156.226 million to a joint venture headed by Nespak for feasibility study, detailed engineering design, preparation of tender documents and PC-I of Murunj Dam project.

Wapda’s General Manager (hydro planning) Muhammad Amin and Nespak’s general manager (water and agriculture) Javed Munir signed an agreement on behalf of Wapda and the joint venture respectively in a ceremony held at the Wapda House.

Murunj Dam project will be constructed across Kaha Nullah about 15 km from Marri village and 116 km west of Rajanpur, Punjab. Kaha Nullah is one of the largest hill ******** of the Koh-e-Sulaiman Range located in the vicinity of Rajanpur with average annual inflows of 183,000 acre feet.

The available water resources are very scarce in Rajanpur and adjoining areas facing acute shortage of freshwater for drinking and agriculture.

Murunj Dam project has three main objectives namely storage of water for irrigation and drinking purpose, flood mitigation and power generation.

The project will have gross water storage of 800,000 acre feet. Annual monsoon rains give rise to flashing hill ******** causing inundation of thousands of acres of land in the adjoining foothills and rendering damages to public property and cultivated land each year.

The project will generate 12 megawatt (MW) cheap and environment-friendly electricity. The project is unique in nature for Southern Punjab and will help alleviate poverty from the remote and backward region

If is very good development. But is ki abhi feasibility ban rahi hai. Bad main phr investor dhondna ho ga. To yeah kafi lamba kam hai.
Dasu ki, kohala ki, bhasha ki, aur doaroon ki feasibility or funding read hai aur kam kari hai.
This is excellent news specially for punjab.
We can make dams to store moonwoon rians too. Magar yeah wala abhi lamb kam hai.

 

[AsifIjaz]

Katzarah dam has been dropped because it will drown the whole of Skardu.

Very important point about Baluchistan flood water storage dams. There is a potential of 8-10 MAF which is wasted at the moment. It can revolutionize agriculture and development in Baluchistan.

Attached document provides some insights.

thanks for the file. Either kalabagh or katzarah/skardu dam must be built. Katzarah dam is beneficial as it will improve the life of all the downstream dams thus also making desilting of existing dams feasible as well thus freeing around 1 MAF of storage. Compared to Katzarah the only advantage Kalabagh dam has is that it can be started very quickly as everything is available. Building neither of them would be criminal.

Around 1980s or 90s an idea was floated to make a lake in bahalwapur or bahawalnagar district that would use flood water to replenish the ground level. It was criminal to stop the project as in some areas the water level has now dropped below 300 feet thus changing fertile land to desertification.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

any update on Mohmand dam construction ?

 

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640 MW Mahl Hydropower Project is located 138 kilometers away from Islamabad and 5 kilometres upstream of the confluence of Mahl River with the River Jhelum on the boundary between the Azad Jammu & Kashmir and the province of Punjab with some portion of dam in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Implementation of Mahl project will bring energy security, save foreign exchange in billions of US dollars over the life of the project, create thousands of jobs, stabilize socio economic life style of the people of Pakistan and the State of AJK and provide the much needed energy on a sustainable basis for rapid growth of Pakistan. Mahl and other projects being undertaken by CSAIL will also cement the close and brotherly relations between Government of PRC and GOP. 88.4 m high Roller compacted concrete gravity dam is proposed with a crest length of 372.5 m. The crest elevation is 592.4 m. A total of nine bays has been proposed in the dam structure. 05 gated overflow spillway, 04 low level outlets for sediment sluicing as well as for augmenting the release capacity of the overflow spillway. Other project components involved, three power intakes and penstock, power intake scouring outlets, diversion tunnel river diversion channel, surface powerhouse at toe of the dam, gas insulated switchgear switchyard. Implementation of Mahl project will bring energy security, save foreign exchange in billions of US dollars over the life of the project, create thousands of jobs, stabilize socio economic life style of the people of Pakistan and the State of AJK and provide the much needed energy on a sustainable basis for rapid growth of Pakistan. Mahl and other projects being undertaken by China Three Gorges South Asia Investment will also strengthen the close and brotherly relations between Government of China and Pakistan.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Under Construction or Approved Dams Compilation.

1. 1124 MW Kohala Dam Project 39.7 Thousand acre ft reservoir approved (CPEC) completion 2025-26

2. 800 MW Mohmand Dam Project 1.239 MAF Reservoir Under Construction completion 2024-25

3. 4500 MW Bhasha Dam Project 6.70 MAF Reservoir Approved Construction starting soon completion 2028

4. 4320 MW Dasu Dam Project 1. 410 MAF Reservoir Under Construction Phase 1 completion 2024 Phase 2 completion 2027

5. 640 MW Mahl Hydropower Project (CPEC) Launched

6. 884 MW Suki Kinari Hydropower Project Under Construction (CPEC) Completion 2022-23 Reservoir Length 3.7 KM

7. 12 MW Murunj Dam 0.8 MAF Reservoir PC-1 Tender and Feasibility study Approved

8. 720 MW Karot Hydropower Project Under Construction (CPEC) completion 2022 Reservoir Length 27.1 KM

9. 300 MW Balakot Hydropower Project Launched by Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization PEDO Government of KP

10. 40 MW KOTO Hydropower Project Under Construction by Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization PEDO Government of KP completion Date 2020-21

 

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The construction management carry out flood control drills to build a safe line of defense against expected rainy/flood season. The under construction Karot HPP is run-of-river scheme having Asphalt-core rockfill gravity dam, with a planned installed capacity of 720 MW. It is being developed under China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (#CPEC). The expected completion date is 2021. #HydroPower #Dam #CPEC #CheapEnergy #Pakistan
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Akhori Dam would be Large than Kalabagh Dam and could be 3 Times Cheaper.

Akhori Dam site is located near Akhori Village across Nandna Kas, a small tributary of Haro River in Attock District of Punjab. The Dam site Co-ordinates are 33 42’ 23” N and 72 26’ 34” E.

http://www.wapda.gov.pk/index.php/projects/hydro-power/future/akhori-dam-project

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Akhori Dam would be Large than Kalabagh Dam and could be 3 Times Cheaper.

Akhori Dam site is located near Akhori Village across Nandna Kas, a small tributary of Haro River in Attock District of Punjab. The Dam site Co-ordinates are 33 42’ 23” N and 72 26’ 34” E.

http://www.wapda.gov.pk/index.php/projects/hydro-power/future/akhori-dam-project

Is it like true?
Is punjab government working on it? Or federal?

 

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Is it like true?
Is punjab government working on it? Or federal?

click on the wapda link.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

click on the wapda link.

I have read it before too.
It clearly says they were making in 2005.
Ppp and pmln shelved it completely

Now I don't think they are working on it. Feasbility is ready. But 5 6 villages ko dislocate kerna para ga aur bhi cheezain. I hope punjab needs this most of all... But then.

 

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I have read it before too.
It clearly says they were making in 2005.
Ppp and pmln shelved it completely

Now I don't think they are working on it. Peasbility is ready. But 5 6 villages ko dislocate kerna para ga aur bhi cheezain. I hope punjab needs this most of all... But then.

all dams are being made for Pakistan not just one province. what is with punjab punjab?