List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan

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Location of major dams in Pakistan
Tarbela Dam, KPK
Rawal Dam, Islamabad

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]

Dams in Pakistan

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
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[]

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[]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[]

Punjab[]

Sindh[]

See also[]

References[]

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