The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has constructed five small dams at the cost of Rs 2291.55 million to irrigate over 10,000 agriculture land and benefit thousands of people in various parts of the province, said a recently published KP Economic Review 2016-17. The completed small dams are included Jaba Khattak Dam, district Nowshera. The dam located near Uch and Tar villages on Tar Khwar at a distance of 22-kilometer from Pabbi. The cost of the project is Rs 114,85 million,
The dam has a crest length of 327ft. with height of 44ft. The live storage capacity of the facility is 205 AF having cultivable command area (CCA) of 465 acres and estimated number 930 persons will be benefitted from the project.
The second Palal dam located at about 16-kilometer north of Tangi Town on Jindi Nullah in district Charsadda. The cost of the project is Rs 999.987 million and has a crest length of 1242 ft. with a height of 104ft. The live storage capacity is 3411AF having cultivable command area (CCA) of 500 acres is benefitting 10000 persons.
The third project is Ghole Banda dam is located about 25 miles North-East of Bannu and 42.5 miles South-West of Kohat and about 1.2 miles south east of village Ghole Banda in district Karak.
The cost of the project is Rs 452.916 million. The dam has a crest length of 699ft. with height of 74ft have live storage capacity of 4531 AF having cultivable command area of 1500 acres is benefiting 3000 persons.
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