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Kurram Tangi Dam

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Total capacity
  
1.2 MAF

Height
  
98 m

Status
  
Proposed

Installed capacity
  
83.4 MW

Construction cost
  
570 million USD

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Location
  
North Waziristan Agency

Owner(s)
  
Government of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa

Similar
  
Nai Gaj Dam, Munda Dam, Golen Gol Hydropower Project, Gomal Zam Dam, Diamer‑Bhasha Dam

Kurram Tangi Dam is planned dam on the Kurram River in Bannu and North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan.

It will irrigate a command area of 84,380 acres and will have hydro-power generation capacity of 83.4 MW. The dam will also supplement 278,000 acres of existing system of Civil and Marwat Canals. USAID offered funds for the project in January 2013 and construction is slated to begin in March. Work on construction of dam started in August 2016 and will complete in February 2019.

Kurram Tangi Dam begins at Kurram Tangi Dam Project

Pm nawaz inaugurates kurram tangi dam in north waziristan



Kurram Tangi Dam CDWP clears Kurram Tangi Dam project The Express Tribune


Kurram Tangi Dam Work on Kurram Tangi Dam set to start in March The Express Tribune

References

Kurram Tangi Dam Wikipedia