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Sabakzai Dam

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Country
  
Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Earth & Rock fill

Construction cost
  
1.961 billion PKR

Location
  
Opening date
  
2007

Height
  
35 m

Construction began
  
2004

Sabakzai Dam

Owner(s)
  
Government of Balochistan

Similar
  
Mirani Dam, Akra Kaur Dam, Jawa Dam

Sabakzai Dam is an embankment dam on the Sawar Rud, a tributary of Zhob River, about 68 km South West of Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Map of Subakzai Dam Zhob, Pakistan

The 395 m long dam is earth and rock-fill with a command area of 7300 acres. Construction on the dam began in 2004 and inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf on 3 September 2007. The irrigation works for the dam are still being constructed.

References

Sabakzai Dam Wikipedia


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