Darawat Dam

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Darawat Dam
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Darawat Dam in December 2020
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Location of Darawat Dam in Sindh
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Darawat Dam (Pakistan)
CountryPakistan
Location Jamshoro District, Sindh
Coordinates 25°24′33.4″N67°56′33.3″E / 25.409278°N 67.942583°E / 25.409278; 67.942583
StatusOperational
Construction began2010
Opening dateAugust 2014
Construction costPKR 9.4 billion
Owner(s)GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
Operator(s) WAPDA
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Concrete gravity
Height46 m (151 ft)
Length306 m (1,004 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity150,000,000 m3 (120,000 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity110,000,000 m3 (89,000 acre⋅ft)
Inactive capacity40,000,000 m3 (32,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area 8,161 km2 (3,151 sq mi; 2,017,000 acres)

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

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]

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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