Pelar Dam

Pelar Dam
CountryPakistan
LocationAwaran District, Balochistan
StatusProposed
Construction began2013
Opening date2016
Construction costPKR 9.557 Billion
Owner(s)Government of Balochistan
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete Gravity Dam
Height60 ft
Reservoir
Total capacity99,175 AF
Power Station
Installed capacity300 KW

Pelar Dam is a proposed dam located across Nal River in Awaran District of Balochistan, Pakistan.

The proposed dam was a 60-foot (18 m) high concrete gravity dam with a gross storage capacity of 99,175 acre-feet (122,331,000 m3) to irrigate an area of 25,650 acres (103.8 km2).[1] Due to financial constraints, funding for the project was stopped in 2011.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PELAR DAM PROJECT". Wapda, Govt. of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Funds for dozens of power projects, dams stopped". Dawn News. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.


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