Darawat Dam

Darawat Dam is concrete gravity dam across Nai Baran River near Village of Jhangri in Jamshoro district of Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2]

Darawat Dam
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Country	Pakistan
Location	Jamshoro District, Sindh
Coordinates	25°24′33.4″N 67°56′33.3″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	2010
Opening date	August 2014
Construction cost	PKR 9.4 billion
Owner(s)	GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
Operator(s)	WAPDA
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity
Height	46 m (151 ft)
Length	306 m (1,004 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	150,000,000 m^3 (120,000 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	110,000,000 m^3 (89,000 acre⋅ft)
Inactive capacity	40,000,000 m^3 (32,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	8,161 km^2 (3,151 sq mi; 2,017,000 acres)

Construction of dam started in March 2010 and its completion was inaugurated by Former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on 9 March 2013.[3] Its estimated cost was PKR 9.3 Billion.[4]

The dam is 250 metres (820 ft) in length and 43 metres (141 ft) in height, which would store about 150 million cubic metres (120,000 acre ft) of water to help irrigate 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of land.[5]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
• List of power stations in Pakistan
• Satpara Dam
• Allai Khwar Hydropower Project
• Gomal Zam Dam

References

1. Darawat Dam to irrigate 50,000 acres of land
2. Darawat dam PROJECT
3. "President inaugurates Darawat Dam Project". Business Recorder. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
4. Darawat Dam Project to create 4,500 jobs - Newspaper - DAWN.COM
5. PM to inaugurate Darawat Dam – The Express Tribune