Sabakzai Dam Explained

Sabakzai Dam
Location Map:Balochistan Pakistan#Pakistan
Location Map Caption:Location of Sabakzai Dam in Balochistan, Pakistan
Country:Pakistan
Location:Zhob, Balochistan
Status:O
Construction Began:1998
Opening:2007
Owner:Government of Balochistan
Dam Type:Earth and rock fill
Dam Height:34.75m (114.01feet)
Dam Length:395m (1,296feet)
Res Capacity Total:40335000m2

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]

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Notes and References

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