Gandao Dam | |
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Official name | Abdul Shakoor dam |
Country | Pakistan |
Location | Mohmand Agency, FATA |
Coordinates | 34°18′18″N71°24′04″E / 34.30500°N 71.40111°E |
Purpose | Drinking water storage |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | January 2013 |
Opening date | June 2019 |
Construction cost | PKR 449 million |
Owner(s) | Government of Pakistan |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity |
Height | 105 feet |
Length | 250 feet |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 810 acre feet |
Gandao Dam, officially Abdul Shakoor Dam since December 2019, is a gravity dam built near town of Ghalanai in Mohmand Agency of FATA, Pakistan. It was initially is expected to complete in 2015, with projected cost of PKR 449 Millions. [1] [2]
The dam has a height of 105 feet and lengths 250 feet. It will have total water storage capacity of around 810 acre feet. [3] [4]
Construction of dam started in January 2013. The site was attacked by militants on February 17, 2013, with three of its workers being killed. [5] Progress on the dam was stopped and did not resume until 2018. Gandao dam was "almost ready" as of March 2019, with its completion expected by June 2019. [6]
In December 2019, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet decided to rename the dam after Abdul Shakoor, contractor of the dam killed by terrorists in 2018. [7]
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