The two small dams constructed at cost of Rs 857.65 million, will irrigate more than 2,688 acres cultivable lands in South and North Waziristan agencies.
A sum of Rs 553.681million was spent on construction of Dandy small irrigation dam located about six kilometer away from Miran Shah North Waziristan Agency, which will be irrigated agriculture lands of around 2000 acres, with total storage capacity of water 2907 acre-feet. The total catchments areas of the dam is around 67.979 square miles, height 101 feet and length 1764 feet.
Another small irrigation dam, "Dargai Pal" constructed at cost of Rs 305 million 24kilometer away from East of Wana South Waziristan agency, will be irrigated cultivable lands of around 688 acres, with actual storage capacity of water 2178 acre feet. The dam was constructed at height of 84 feet, under catchments areas of 24.719 square miles, covered a length of around 764 feet, a senior official at the Fata-Development Authority, told Business Recorder.
The official further said that the construction of seven small irrigation dams have been initiated in different tribal agencies, out of which tenders for five dams already been awarded, and construction work in progress. A sum of Rs79318million, estimated for construction of seven dams, would irrigate cultivable lands around 2100 acres in Fata. While, tenders have also been awarded, for construction rest of two small dams, for which Rs 839.37 million estimated, would also irrigate agriculture lands of around 3500 acres.
According to document of Fata-DA said that a sum of Rs69.070million estimated for construction of Zao Dam seven kilometres south of Milward Fort in Khyber Agency, which will irrigate 250 acres land, with total water storage capacity of 800 acre-feet, and catchments areas of around 5.793 square miles, length 270 feet, and height 91 feet. The construction work on the scheme in progress would be completed in June, 2013.
Under the ongoing schemes, another small dam, Kand about 20 kilometres away from Mir Ali Town, North Waziristan Agency, would be constructed at cost Rs1 78.942million, for irrigation of 716 acres lands, with total water storage capacity of 3375 acres feet, and catchments areas of 20.70 square miles, and height 75 feet and length 640 feet. The construction work on the project in progress would be completed by June, 2013.
A sum of Rs145.280million estimated for construction of Parwara Small Dam, about 15 kilometres away from South of Darazanda, Frontier Region D I Khan, would irrigate around 243 acres lands, with total water storage capacity of 2325 acre feet, and catchments areas of 10.20 square miles, height 72 feet and length 672, completed by December last year, according document of FATA-DA.
The Moto Sha Small Dam, about 25 Kilometres away from South of Ekka Ghund, Mohmand Agency, another scheme would be completed at estimated cost of Rs191.60million for irrigation of 627 acres land, with total water storage capacity of 1146 acre-feet, and catchments area around 10.042 square miles, height 101.38 feet, and length 377.38 feet. The construction work on the scheme would be completed by August 2014.
According to the document, a sum of Rs189.23million estimated for construction of Sheen Kach Small Dam, 32 kilometres away from East of Tank, Frontier Region Tank for irrigation of 260 acres cultivable lands, with total water storage capacity of around 12.00 square miles, height 69 feet and length 656 feet, would be completed by February, 2014.
The Raghagan Small Dam about 13 kilometres East of Khar town, Bajuar Agency, would be constructed at cost of Rs195.983million for irrigation of around 3,500 acres land, with total water storage capacity of 1252 acre-feet, height 52 feet and length 200 feet. The project would be completed by December 2014.
The Fata-DA document revealed that the authority has planned to initiate a scheme for supply of water to Mohmand Agency, for which an Rs449million has so far allocated for construction of small dam Gandao about 03 kilometres south-east of Ghalani, Mohmand agency, with total water storage capacity of around 810 acre feet, height 105 feet and length 250 feet. The scheme would be benefited for provision of potable drinking water to around 22,000 and flood control, would be completed by December 2014.
"We had identified more than 40 small dams in different tribal agencies, out of which construction work on two dams so far completed, said Muhammad Naseem Golra, General Manager, (Technical), Fata Development Authority. He further informed that the authority had initiated construction work on more than seven dams, out of which feasibility of two dams recently approved by federal government. A total of Rs8240million schemes has so far executed by authority, including small irrigation dams, social and skilled development projects in the Fata, Golra informed.
Golra said the feasibility studies of nine dams have so far completed, in progress of physical work. According to which, he said that authority had worked out on around 20 small schemes, while work on number of feasibility studies in process. "We had set a target to irrigate more than 346000 barren lands in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, by construction of several small dams. We had also identified more than 120 sites for construction of dam in tribal region", Golara claimed.
He informed that authority had also prepared a feasibility of two small dam, including GHAO Tangi Small Dam, located about six kilometer away from North-West of village of Gul Kuch, South Waziristan Agency, and Baz Ali Small Dam about 31 kilometer away from South of Sadda Town, Kurram Ageny, while Rs798million and Rs427million estimated for construction of the scheme, which was yet to be approved by the CDWP. The scheme would irrigate around 3114 acres lands, with total water storage capacity of around 15,062 acre-feet.
Golra informed the authority has initiated feasibility studies of more than nine dams, including Musa Dara Dam Frontier Region, Peshawar, Jalandar Kurram Agency, Larzan Dam, FR Tank, Shakai Dam, South Waziristan Agency, Warmola Dam, FR Lakki, Zakar Khel Dam North-Waziristan Agency, Jaji Dam, Kurram Agency, Walmai Dam, North-Waziristan Agency, and Sarobi Dam, North-Waziristan Agency.
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