Water business: Small dams to irrigate 0.13m acres

ISLAMABAD:

The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has expedited work on the construction of small dams to irrigate over 130,000 acres of land in the country, said a Wapda official.

Speaking to APP, he said Nai Gaj Dam was being constructed in Sindh, Ghabir Dam in Punjab and Kurram Tangi Dam in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, adding the dams would help store 650,000 acre feet of water, enough to irrigate more than 130,000 acres of land.

“These projects are of immense importance, which could alleviate poverty and help socio-economic development in the far-flung areas, besides controlling migration from the backward areas,” said the official.

Naulong, Winder,  Ghabir and Nai Gaj dams will be completed in three years.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 1^st,  2014.

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