Dam Construction in Pakistan

[RAMPAGE]

WAPADA website shows alot of projects, some have feasibility studies going on, some have construction started.

But 7000 MW is a huge project, Mangla is dwindling, need to get this project completed ASAP.

i would be better if wapda website could give us a load shedding schedule instead of showing dead projects

 

[Cyberian]

Funds shortage halts work on Darawat Dam
Thursday May 30,2013

ISLAMABAD - The work on under-construction Darawat Dam has been halted due to shortage of funds.
According to a document presented by the Ministry of Water and Power to the relevant Senate standing committee, the Planning Commission had released Rs 910 million against PSDP allocation 2012-13 of Rs 2,000 million.

The remaining Rs 1,190 million has not yet been released as yet causing discontinuation of the dam’s construction work. An official of the Ministry of Water and Power said the Finance Ministry was persistently being pursued for release of funds. Replying to a question, he said the physical progress of the main dam was 99 percent whereas overall almost three-fourth of the work has been completed.

Responding to another question, he said a total Rs 4,000 million was required to complete the project within the stipulated time along with settling liabilities of Rs 1,500 million.

The dam, located in Jhangri village on the border of Thatta and Jamshoro districts, is a component of the Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) plan to build small and medium-sized dams to meet irrigation and electricity needs.

The construction work began in January, 2012. An initial estimated cost of Rs 8.73 billion was revised to Rs 9.3 billion.

According to project director Gul Mohammad Junejo, the dam will irrigate 25,000 acres and is expected to create 4,500 jobs. The dam’s water reservoir consists of 10,500 acres while the size of its catchment area is 3,149 square metres. It will have the storage capacity of 150 million cubic feet and its irrigation network, which includes a canal, minors, distributaries and sub-minors, will be spread over 64 kilometres. The Darawat Dam will be filled by rain water and through the Nai Baran seasonal drain, which has a capacity of 89,177 acre feet.

Funds shortage halts work on Darawat Dam | Pakistan Today

 

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[A.Rafay]

Economy to benefit Rs 3.5b from Keyal Khwar project

ISLAMABAD - The construction of Rs 109.322 million Keyal Khwar Hydropower project will generate 122MW power and benefit the national economy Rs 3.5 billion per annum.
According to the Water and power Development Authority documents, the physical progress is 40 percent. Upon the completion the Keyal Khwar hydropower project will contribute 426 million units of low-cost electricity to the national grid.
The project is located at Keyal Khawar, Right Tributary of Indus in Dasu District, Khyer Pakhtunkhwa and 310 kilometer form Islamabad.
The Keyal Khwar Hydropower project having capacity of 122 Mega Watt and annual energy 426 GWh, said documents.
Germany granted Euro 77 million for the project under the loan agreement and in supplementary loan agreement Germany gives Euro 20 million.
The project detailed engineering design, the pre-qualification of firms for civil and electro-mechanical works of the project is under process and is likely to be completed soon, revealed documents.

Economy to benefit Rs 3.5b from Keyal Khwar project | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia

 

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Darwat Dam to irrigate 50,000 acres land

ISLAMABAD - Concrete-packed rock filled Darwat Dam, which will cost Rs 8,732.128 million, will help irrigate a command area of 50,000 acres, extendable to 80,000 acres of surveyed and un-surveyed barani land. According to an official of Ministry of Water and Power, a major component of the project will be completed in three years. The dam will conserve flood water of Nai Baran for irrigation and development of 50,000 acres of cultivable land, with an efficient irrigation system. The project will promote socio-economic development in remote areas of Sindh. Initially an area of 4,756-18 acres of Chak No 7 and 13,258-16 acres of Chak No 8 of Deh Kohistan had been surveyed, and temporary plots had been carved out by the Directorate of Settlement, Survey and Land Record, Sindh. To a question, he said that the dam would have a projected life-span of 100 years, with height, length and top of 141,738 and 30 feet respectively. He added that the dam would have a storage capacity of 119,546 acre-feet with 32,283 and 87,264 acre-feet for dead and live storage, respectively. The project has been initiated at an estimated cost of Rs13.5b and will take 30 months to complete.

Darwat Dam to irrigate 50,000 acres land | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia

 

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Darwat Dam to irrigate 50,000 acres land

ISLAMABAD - Concrete-packed rock filled Darwat Dam, which will cost Rs 8,732.128 million, will help irrigate a command area of 50,000 acres, extendable to 80,000 acres of surveyed and un-surveyed barani land. According to an official of Ministry of Water and Power, a major component of the project will be completed in three years. The dam will conserve flood water of Nai Baran for irrigation and development of 50,000 acres of cultivable land, with an efficient irrigation system. The project will promote socio-economic development in remote areas of Sindh. Initially an area of 4,756-18 acres of Chak No 7 and 13,258-16 acres of Chak No 8 of Deh Kohistan had been surveyed, and temporary plots had been carved out by the Directorate of Settlement, Survey and Land Record, Sindh. To a question, he said that the dam would have a projected life-span of 100 years, with height, length and top of 141,738 and 30 feet respectively. He added that the dam would have a storage capacity of 119,546 acre-feet with 32,283 and 87,264 acre-feet for dead and live storage, respectively. The project has been initiated at an estimated cost of Rs13.5b and will take 30 months to complete.

Darwat Dam to irrigate 50,000 acres land | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia

3/4th of the dam is already made, its not a new project

i think its been mis reported

 

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Strategy for Construction of 100 dams in Balochistan

The Irrigation Department, Government of Balochistan has initiated an ambitious project to construct 100 dams in Balochistan. Out of these 100 dams work on 20
dams would be completed by the end of 2013.

100 Dams in Balochistan

1.
Package-I
20 Dams
2008-09 to 2012-13
3 Years
Near completion and will be completed by December 2013

2.
Package-II
26 Dams
2011-12 to 2013-14
3 Years
Under Implementation

3.
Package-III
50 Dams
2013-14 to 2018-19
5 Years
PC-I has been prepared

4.
Package-IV
50 Dams
2018-19 to 2023-24
5 Years
PC-I has been prepared

5.
Package-V
48 Dams
2023-24 to 2028-29
5 Years
PC-I has been prepared

Photos
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Katzara Dam, a project for the next generation
Ahmad Khan Bhatti

Katzara Dam (Skardu Dam) near the Skardu town has been projected in a section of the press as the world's largest dam having a potential of 35 MAF storage capacity and 15,000 mw of hydel power.

The estimated life is reported as 1000 years. In view of the fact that virtually nothing is known about the possibilities of development of Skardu Dam, such claims are at best misleading. The present knowledge is insufficient for drawing unqualified conclusions.

The "Skardu Dam" site is located about 3 km upstream of Ayub Bridge on Indus, about 16 km down stream of Skardu town in Baltistan. The darn site was first identified by a Wapda-Harza team during 1960. At that time the road to Skardu was a single lane and was impassable to any thing, except jeeps and pack animals.

The road used to be closed for 6 to 7 months of the year due to winter snow and resulting heavy damages due to snow melt runoff. This site did not receive much attention earlier because of access problems.

Later reconnaissance level studies were carried out by Chass T. Main (Consultants) during 1966. The costs for 5.2 MAF and 8.0 MAF reservoir capacity projects were worked out as $509 million and 588 million respectively.

The 8.0 MAF reservoir would totally submerge the Skardu Valley, including the Skardu town. The site has a potential for power generation but the extension of transmission line all the way to the load centres of Pakistan through very difficult terrain would pose serious construction and O&M problems.

The full hydel power generation capacity cannot, of course, be utilised locally. Similarly construction of the Dam itself in the near future would entail enormous logistic costs.

Hence this dam is regarded as a long-term prospect to be developed after some of the more accessible sites on Indus like Basha, Dasu, Bunji etc have been built. Far more serious are the environmental issues as the Skardu dam will submerge large tracts of inhabited areas of Baltistan and almost all the developed communication infrastructure.

To warrant its inclusion in the development programme, these aspects will have to be investigated thoroughly. The project has been included in Part-II of Wapda's Vision 2025 programme for preliminary studies. Under this programme pre-feasibility study of this dam will be carried out by Wapda in a period of 30 months at a cost of Rs 70 million.

The pre-feasibility study would be an office-cum-field study to obtain a general information on hydrology, storage capacity, power potential, population, houses and infrastructure that would be submerged, cost of construction as well as cost of resettlement reconnaissance survey for transmission-line routes and the alternative would also be the focus of the study.

There are solutions to construction problem of difficulties but these have to be seen in the context of their economic viability. What was impossible in the sixties is achievable now and would perhaps be easier a few decades later.

Construction of Skardu Dam is a project for the next generation but the environmental and social issues would then perhaps become more difficult to resolve. The crucial aspect of the project that would receive special study is the back-water effect of big storage above the gorge and the area of land that would be inundated as a result of its construction.

Traditional financing agencies are not likely to finance a project having major environmental and social dimension. Pakistan may have to implement the project on its own or seek expensive commercial loans.

Given the timeframe for its implementation it would not be desirable to invest on the full-fledged feasibility at this stage. Outcome of the feasibility would provide us direction for further courses of action. Till then the debate on the merits of the project is uncalled for. The writer is member Water, Wapda
PAKISSAN.com; Katzara Dam, a project for the next generation

 

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Procedural backlog: Limited cashflow keeps 200MW power project at bay
By Muhammad Sadaqat / Photo: Muhammad Sadaqat
Published: August 28, 2013



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Authorities open Khanpur Dam spillway. Spillways are used to release high inflows to prevent overflow and damage to the structure of the dam. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD SADAQAT/EXPRESS
HARIPUR:

Red tape has delayed the much-needed hydropower-cum-irrigation project of Dotara Dam in Haripur, said officials familiar with the matter.

Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) officials had prepared initial feasibility plans for building a carryover dam upstream Khanpur dam four years ago. The plan was submitted to the planning commission for funding along with a detailed study, but to date Wapda requires Rs108 million to complete the project.

According to the initial plan, Dotara Dam was to have a storage capacity of 100,000 acre feet (AF) of water and generate 200 (megawatts) MW of electricity using the available quantity of water, which would be dropped back into the reservoir. The plan also stated Dotara would protect Khanpur Dam, where the water storage capacity has been reduced from 94,000 to 82,000 AF from silt, and extend its lifespan by over 100 years.

Haripur would earn substantial royalties from the dam, which would also protect the land being eroded by Harro River, said people familiar with the matter.

Official documents suggest Dotara Dam would change the hilly and barren land of Jabri village and surrounding areas into arable land, thereby enabling farmers to grow cash crops, develop orchards and earn a better living. “This project would have generated agro-based economic activities that could have helped people achieve food security,” said an official, requesting not to be named.

The plan also explained Dotara Dam would help control flooding in areas downstream of Khanpur, while ensuring water was stored for tourism and agricultural purposes. The documents suggest the project had the potential to promote tourism by attracting visitors to Rawal Lake and Khanpur reservoir.

Owing to the absence of an upstream water reservoir, the Khanpur Dam spills out around 70,000 to 100,000 AF of water annually. Most of this spilling occurs in the monsoon season. “Dotara Dam was meant to prevent this spillage while simultaneously enhancing irrigation and raising the water table,” the official said.

Khanpur Dam Project Director Asim Rauf confirmed Wapda authorities were busy getting approval for the required funding from the planning commission. He could not confirm how long it would take for the necessary approval.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2013.

 

[Rasengan]

I have a question, in which I hope some one can please answer for me. Where exactly can you find executive summaries of dam projects in Pakistan, which have not been invested or contracted to specific companies.

 

[ejaz007]

‘US supports Diamer Bhasha, Dasu projects’

ISLAMABAD: Special Representative Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Robin Raphel on Wednesday informed that the United States has agreed in principle that both Diamer Bhasha Dam and Dasu projects are important for Pakistan and US supports them.

Raphel, US Ambassador Richard G Olson and Energy Expert Dr Robert Ichord called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at his office.

Raphel congratulated Dar on his assumption of the office of Finance Minister of Pakistan. Dar while welcoming the US delegation thanked US for its support in the passage of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) programme and informed the delegation that the programme, which Pakistan had concluded with IMF was unanimously passed by the executive board of IMF.

Dar said that the results of July 2013 were very encouraging as remittances received were a record high of $1.4 billion, revenues in July improved by 25 percent, there was a current account surplus of $46 million and export registered an increase of 9.0 percent. Dar expressed the confidence that the government was moving in the right direction but it was a long journey. staff report

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[BATMAN]

S Arabia to give another $100m for Neelum Jhelum

 

[Asian.Century]

Time to make Khala Bagh Dam and more Dams for water storage.

 

[Asian.Century]

Kalabagh Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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