List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
This page shows the Province-wise list of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan According to the International Commission on Large Dams, 150 dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are over 15 m (49 ft) in height.[1] Tarbela Dam is the largest earth-filled dam in the world and is second largest by the structural volume.[2][3] Mirani Dam is the largest dam in the world in terms of volume for flood protection with a floodstock of 588,690 cubic hectometers[4] while Sabakzai Dam is 7th largest with a floodstock of 23,638 cubic hectometers.[4] On 21st January 2021 Govt of Balochistan announce that it will build 16 new small dams in Balochistan.[5] Similarly govt of Punjab announced 13 new small dam projects along with Suleman Mountain Ranges.[6]
Large dams[]
According to ICOLD, dams with height above the foundation greater than 15 metres (49 ft) are known as large dams.[7][8] The complete list of large dams in Pakistan is provided below.[9]
- Bold: major dams, height > 100 metres (330 ft)
- NA: data unavailable
Azad Kashmir[]
River | Dam/Reservoir | Location | Type | Height | Length | Storage capacity | Reservoir Area (km2) | Year of completion | Purpose |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jhelum River | Mangla Dam | Mirpur District | Embankment dam | 147 m (482 ft) | 138 metres (453 ft) |
7,251,811,000 m3 (5,879,139 acre⋅ft) |
250 km2 (97 sq mi) | 1967 | Irrigation, Hydroelectric & Water supply |
Neelum River | Neelum–Jhelum | Muzaffarabad District | Gravity dam | 60 m (197 ft) | 47 metres (154 ft) | 8,000,000 m3 (6,486 acre⋅ft) | N/A | 2018 | Hydroelectric & Water supply |
Balochistan[]
Name | Location/ nearest city |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akra Kaur Dam | Gwadar | 21 metres (69 ft) | 21,000,000 m3 (17,025 acre⋅ft) | 1995 | |
Mastung | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 1,675,000 m3 (1,358 acre⋅ft) | 1987 | ||
Turbat | 15 metres (49 ft) | 2,467,000 m3 (2,000 acre⋅ft) | 1994 | ||
Kalat | n/a | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 498,000 m3 (404 acre⋅ft) | ||
Quetta | 15 metres (49 ft) | 201,000 m3 (163 acre⋅ft) | 1995–96 | ||
Hub Dam | Malir | Hub River | 48 metres (157 ft) | 1,057,000,000 m3 (856,924 acre⋅ft) | 1979 |
Mastung | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 117,000 m3 (95 acre⋅ft) | 1984 | ||
Qila Saifullah | 15 metres (49 ft) | 308,000 m3 (250 acre⋅ft) | 1991 | ||
Kharan | |||||
Ziarat | Mana River | 19.8 metres (65 ft) | 1,825,000 m3 (1,480 acre⋅ft) | 1961 | |
Mangi Dam | Ziarat | 18 metres (59 ft) | 130,000 m3 (105 acre⋅ft) | 1982 | |
Mirani Dam | Makran | Dasht River | 39 metres (128 ft) | 373,000,000 m3 (302,396 acre⋅ft) | 2006 |
Naulong Dam | Jhal Magsi | Mula River | 56.7 metres (186 ft) | 2015 | |
Mastung | 15 metres (49 ft) | 115,000 m3 (93 acre⋅ft) | 1994 | ||
Qila Saifullah | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 48,000 m3 (39 acre⋅ft) | 1994 | ||
Sabakzai Dam | Zhob | Zhob River | 34.75 metres (114.0 ft) | 32,700 acre⋅ft (40,334,856 m3) | 2007 |
Ziarat | 19 metres (62 ft) | 271,000 m3 (220 acre⋅ft) | 1993 | ||
Makran | |||||
Pishin | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 86,000 m3 (70 acre⋅ft) | 1983 | ||
Pasni | 25 metres (82 ft) | 37,000 acre⋅ft (45,638,828 m3) | |||
Quetta | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 381,000 m3 (309 acre⋅ft) | 1993 | ||
Pishin | 19 metres (62 ft) | 61,000 m3 (49 acre⋅ft) | 1988 | ||
Quetta | and | 29 metres (95 ft) | 6,800,000 m3 (5,513 acre⋅ft) | 1945 | |
Quetta | Tabai River | 15 metres (49 ft) | 175,000 m3 (142 acre⋅ft) | 1994 | |
Qila Saifullah | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 75,000 m3 (61 acre⋅ft) | 1997 | ||
Pishin | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 241,000 m3 (195 acre⋅ft) | 1986 | ||
Kalat | 16 metres (52 ft) | 490,000 m3 (397 acre⋅ft) | 1991 | ||
Qila Saifullah | 15.2 metres (50 ft) | 86,000 m3 (70 acre⋅ft) | 1985 | ||
Walitangi Dam | Quetta | 24 metres (79 ft) | 510,000 m3 (413 acre⋅ft) | 1961 |
Gilgit-Baltistan[]
Name | Location/ nearest city |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion | Electrical capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katzarah Dam | Skardu | Shyok, Shigar, and Indus | 35000000 acre feet | 15000 MW | ||
Satpara Dam | Skardu | Satpara | 39 metres (128 ft) | 2013 | ||
Bunji Dam | Bunji | Indus | 190 metres (620 ft) | 1900 m3/s | TBD |
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Islamabad Capital Territory[]
Name | Location/ nearest city |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rawal Dam | Islamabad Capital Territory | Korang River | 40.7 m (133.5 ft) | 58,600,000 m3 (47,508 acre⋅ft) | 1962 |
Simly Dam | Islamabad Capital Territory | Soan River | 89.7 m | 35,463,000 m3 (28,750 acre⋅ft) | 1983 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[]
Name Baran Dam | Location/ nearest city Bannu kpk |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dandy Dam | Miranshah | 25 m (82 ft) | 5,945,000 m3 (4,820 acre⋅ft) | 2011[10] | |
Dargai Pal Dam | Wana | 30 m (98 ft) | 5,896,000 m3 (4,780 acre⋅ft) | 2008[11] | |
Gomal Zam Dam | Wana | 133 m (436 ft) | 1,400,000,000 m3 (1,134,998 acre⋅ft) | 2012[12] | |
Allai Khwar[13] | Battagram | 51 metres (167 ft) | 2012[14] | ||
N/A | 74 metres (243 ft) | 1,277 m3 (1 acre⋅ft) | 2015 | ||
Kohat | 23 metres (75 ft) | 2004 | |||
Peshawar | N/A | 23 metres (75 ft) | 2004 | ||
Bannu | 24 metres (79 ft) | 1962 | |||
Haripur | 26 metres (85 ft) | 1971 | |||
Kohat | N/A | 25 metres (82 ft) | 2004 | ||
Changhoz Dam | Karak | 43 metres (141 ft) | 2007 | ||
Kohat | 15 metres (49 ft) | 1976 | |||
Kohat | 22 metres (72 ft) | 2002 | |||
Hazara | 22 metres (72 ft) | 1971 | |||
Kohat | 27 metres (89 ft) | 1970 | |||
Haripur | Khal Kass River | 23 metres (75 ft) | 1972 | ||
Khan Khwar | Besham, Shangla | 46 metres (151 ft) | 2012[14] | ||
Khanpur Dam | Haripur | Haro River | 51 metres (167 ft) | 1985 | |
Haripur | Haro River | 16 metres (52 ft) | 1970 | ||
Naryab Dam | Hangu | 32 metres (105 ft) | 2006 | ||
Warsak Dam | Peshawar | Kabul River | 67 metres (220 ft) | 76,492,000 m3 (62,013 acre⋅ft) | 1960 |
Karak | 25 metres (82 ft) | 1997 | |||
Tanda Dam | Kohat | 35 metres (115 ft) | 1967 | ||
Tarbela (Auxiliary-1 Dam) | Ghazi | Indus River | 105 metres (344 ft) | 1974 | |
Tarbela (Auxiliary-2 Dam) | Ghazi | Indus River | 67 metres (220 ft) | 1974 | |
Tarbela Dam | Indus River | 143.26 metres (470.0 ft) | 13,690,000,000 m3 (11,098,664 acre⋅ft) | 1974 | |
Sarki Lawaghar Dam | Karak | 40 metres (130 ft) | 2006 | ||
Duber Khwar | Pattan, Kohistan | 97.57 metres (320.1 ft) | 2013[14] |
Punjab[]
Name | Location/ nearest city |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion |
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Ghazi Barotha Dam | , Pakistan | Indus River | 22,500,000 m3 (18,241 acre⋅ft) | 2003 | |
Attock, Punjab | Sil river | 22 metres (72 ft) | 1,800,000 m3 (1,459 acre⋅ft) | 2013-14 | |
Jawa Dam | Dhalla, Rawalpindi District | Jawa River | 25 metres (82 ft) | 1,938,000 m3 (1,571 acre⋅ft) | 1994 |
Namal Dam | Mianwali District | ||||
Punjab | |||||
Shahpur Dam | |||||
Dhok Tahlian Dam | Chakwal | ||||
Sindh[]
Name | Location/ nearest city |
Impounds | Height | Storage capacity | Year of completion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darawat Dam | Jamshoro District | Nari Baran River | 43 metres (141 ft) | 150,000,000 m3 (121,607 acre⋅ft) | 2014 |
Chotiari Dam | Sanghar District | Nara Canal (Indus River) | 26.3 metres (86 ft) | 750,000 m3 (608 acre⋅ft) | 2002 |
Nai Gaj Dam | Kirthar Mountains | Nai Gaj river | 59.1 metres (194 ft) | 30,000,000 m3 (24,321 acre⋅ft) | 2019 |
Small dams[]
There are estimates Pakistan needs to build minimum 750 small dams to meet water requirements for its growing local and regional population.[15]
Punjab[]
- Basal Dam
Basal Dam is located about 16 km from Mithyal Chowk of Rawalpindi Kohat road. Basal Dam was completed in 2009.[citation needed]
Chakwal District[]
There are 13 small dams in Chakwal district having storage capacity of 26,411 in acres feet irrigating 11,089 acres of area.[16]
Jhelum District[]
- Tain Pura Dam[17]
- Jammergal Dam
- Garat Dam
- Salial Dam
- Domeli Dam
- Shah Habib Dam
- Gurha Utam Singh Dam
- Fatehpur Dam
- Lehri Dam
- Dungi Dam
- Nirali Dam
- Phalina Dam
- Pandori Dam
Rawalpindi[]
- Jawa Dam
- Misriot Dam
Proposed and under construction[]
Balochistan[]
- Garuk Dam – proposed dam located on Garuk River, 47 km south east of Kharan District, Balochistan. The earth core rock-filled dam will have a height of 184 feet and a reservoir capacity of 50,695 acre feet. The reservoir when completed will irrigate a command area of 12,500 acres and will have hydro-power capacity of 300 KW.[18]
- Pelar Dam – proposed dam located across Nai River in Awaran District, Balochistan. The concrete gravity dam will be 60 feet high and will have a gross storage capacity of 99,175 acre feet. It will irrigate a command area of 25,650 acres. Installed capacity of the power station will be 300 KW.[19] Due to financial constraints, funding for the project was stopped in 2011.[20]
- Winder Dam – proposed dam on , Balochistan about 125 km from Lasbela city. The earth core rockfill dam will be 102 feet high with a gross storage capacity of 36,484 acre-feet and a command area of 10,000 acres. It will have an hydro-power generation capacity of 300 KW.[21]
- Naulong Dam – is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Mula River, about 30 km from Gandawah City in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan, Pakistan. The zoned earth-filled dam is 186 feet high with a gross storage of 0.242 MAF and a command area of 47,000 acres. It has a hydro power capacity of 4.4 MW.
- Hingol Dam – proposed
- Sukleji Dam – Proposed
Gilgit Baltistan[]
- Diamer-Bhasha Dam – under construction
- Bunji Dam – proposed
- Katzarah Dam – proposed
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[]
- Kurram Tangi Dam – under construction
- Dasu Dam – under construction
- Bara Dam – proposed
- Mohmand Dam – under construction
- – under construction in Kalam Valley[22]
- – under construction[citation needed]
- – located in Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber District[23]
- – located in Pabbi Tehsil of Khyber District[24]
Punjab[]
- Akhori Dam – proposed
- Dadhocha Dam – under construction[25]
- Kalabagh Dam – proposed
- Soan Dam – proposed
Sindh[]
- Nai Gaj Dam – under construction
See also[]
- List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan
- Hydropower Projects in Pakistan
- List of lakes in Pakistan
References[]
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- ^ Earth Sciences Web Team. "Tarbela Dam, Pakistan". Earth Observatory. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Classification By Volume For Flood Protection". General Synthesis. International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "16 new dams will be built in Balochistan, says CM Khan". 19 January 2021.
- ^ "'13 reservoirs, dams to be constructed in Suleman Ranges'".
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- ^ "Questions and Answers About Large Dams". International Rivers. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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- ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "Allai Khwar Hydropower Project". WAPDA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Allai Khwar hydropoower project to start generation by month-end". The News International. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/302316/small-dams-big-gains
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- ^ "Garuk Dam Project". WAPDA, Govt of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Pelar Dam Project". WAPDA, Govt. of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Funds for dozens of power projects, dams stopped". Dawn News. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Winder Dam Project". WAPDA, Govt of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Yousafzai, Fawad (16 May 2018). "KP, Korean firm sign MoU to build Kalam-Asrit Hydropower Project in Kalam Valley". The Nation. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Jabba Dam in KPK". pakobserver.net. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Jalozai Dam in KPK". acenews.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "FWO to Start Construction of Dadocha Dam in Rawalpindi". Propakistani. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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