Sabakzai Dam
Sabakzai Dam | |
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Location of Sabakzai Dam in Balochistan, Pakistan | |
Country | Pakistan |
Location | Zhob, Balochistan |
Coordinates | 30°56′51″N 69°21′23″E / 30.94750°N 69.35639°ECoordinates: 30°56′51″N 69°21′23″E / 30.94750°N 69.35639°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 2004 |
Opening date | 2007 |
Construction cost | ₨1960.823 million (US$12 million) |
Owner(s) | Government of Balochistan |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth and rock fill |
Height | 34.75 m (114.0 ft) |
Length | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 40,335,000 m3 (32,700 acre⋅ft) |
Sabakzai Dam is an embankment dam on the , 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[]
List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
Notes[]
- ^ "Sabakzai Dam Project Brief" (PDF). PAKISTAN WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "SABAKZAI DAM PROJECT". WAPDA, Govt of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ 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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- Dams in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Embankment dams
- Dams completed in 2007
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