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| Dam under construction in Bara washed away |
| 2013-03-19 |
| [Dawn] A major portion of the under-construction Zao small dam in Bara was washed away by flood, causing a loss of nearly Rs25 million to the contractor. Haji Ekhtiar Gul, the contractor, told Dawn that the dam was near completion as almost 75 per cent work was completed. He said that the main protection dyke and earth moving machinery worth millions of rupees were also washed away by a sudden current of flood water, coming from the nearby mountains in Tirah. "Luckily the floods caused no human loss as all the labourers and the dam supervising staffers were away from the site due to rain," he said, adding that water accumulated in the under-construction dam that caused a major breach in its protection walls and washed away a major portion of the dam. The construction of the dam was started in June 2011 under the supervision of Fata Development Authority (FDA) with an estimated cost of Rs69.07 million. Situated at a distance of eight kilometres from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , the dam site is in Akkakhel area of Bara near the border of Darra Adamkhel. The FDA estimated that the dam would irrigate 250 acres area after its completion in December 2012. But completion of the dam was delayed owing to insecurity and a military operation in the region. Work on the dam was suspended in July last year when some unidentified gunnies kidnapped Haji Ekhtiar Gul along with his two colleagues -- Aleen Gul and Gulzar. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 You'd think for RS69.02 Million you could hire a few hands with buckets to irrigate that 250 acres. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-03-19 14:06 |