NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani Thursday said that feasibility studies of two dams in Bara and Jamrud sub-divisions of Khyber Agency has almost been completed and both of them have been found feasible for construction. He expressed these views during a presentation on the construction of Bara and Jabba Dams in Khyber Agency here in Governor's House on Thursday.
The Governor was given a detailed presentation on the findings of the feasibility report, prepared by the Nespak, which has recommended the construction of both the dams. Chief Executives Fata Development Authority Muhammad Shahzad Arbab, Secretary to Governor Arbab Muhammad Arif, Secretary Law and Order Fata Ghulam Qadir, Secretary P&D Zafar Hasan and officials of Nespak, Fata secretariat and FDA attended the presentation.
In his presentation the representative of Nespak explained the details of the findings and feasibility, saying that Bara Dam would irrigate about 50,000 acres command area in both Fata and Peshawar valley.
The dam, he added would also become a source of provision of drinking water to the nearby localities adding that 2 cusecs potable water could be provided to Bara Bazar and 8 cusec to Hayatabad township in Peshawar.
He said that 92-meter high Bara Dam will have a total water storage capacity of 88,000 acres ft and would also have the capacity to produce 2 MW, electricity power.
The life of the water reservoir of Bara Dam has been envisaged to be 80 to 100 years. As regard long-term benefits of the dam, the study mentioned that with construction of the dam the Bara River Canal System would become functional again besides greatly reducing flood damages from Bara River.