Sabakzai Dam

Sabakzai Dam
Sabakzai Dam is located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sabakzai Dam
Location of Sabakzai Dam in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sabakzai Dam is located in Pakistan
Sabakzai Dam
Sabakzai Dam (Pakistan)
CountryPakistan
LocationZhob, Balochistan
Coordinates30°56′51″N 69°21′23″E / 30.94750°N 69.35639°E / 30.94750; 69.35639
StatusOperational
Construction began1998
Opening date2007
Construction costRs. 1960.823 million (US$6.8 million)
Owner(s)Government of Balochistan
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth and rock fill
Height34.75 m (114.0 ft)
Length395 m (1,296 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity40,335,000 m3 (32,700 acre⋅ft)

Sabakzai Dam is an embankment dam on the Sawar Rud, a tributary of Zhob River, about 68 km southwest of Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.[1]

The 395 m long dam is earth and rock-fill with a command area of 7300 acres.[2] Construction began in 2004 and it was inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf on 3 September 2007. The irrigation works are still being constructed.[3][when?]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sabakzai Dam Project Brief" (PDF). PAKISTAN WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "SABAKZAI DAM PROJECT". WAPDA, Govt of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  3. ^ Shahid, Saleem (3 September 2007). "Sabakzai Dam in Zhob inaugurated: Musharraf urges people to combat militants". Dawn. Retrieved 6 June 2013.


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