Proposed Project for USAID - Wapda

GOMAL ZAM DAM PROJECT
Location On Gomal river in South Waziristan Agency, West of Tank and D.I.Khan District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa..
This project is located at Khajuri Kach on Gomal River in South Waziristan Agency about 60 km west
of Tank and being constructed as a Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) dam. WAPDA has conceived
this project for the uplift of Tribal Areas particularly of South Waziristan Agency. This dam will store
1 MAF of water and irrigate 163,000 Acres of land, besides generating 17 MW of electricity. The
project has been awarded to M/s Frontier Works Organization (FWO) of the Army, M/s Sinohydro
(China) and M/s TEKSER (Turkey) are its joint partners. To execute a development project in militant
infested area of South Waziristan, was a difficult task but WAPDA and its partners made all-out efforts
for the continuation of work on this project. It is near completion as almost 90% work is completed. Due
to paucity of development funds, completion could not be achieved. An additional funding of Rs3.0
billion/US$35 million would complete this project to bring significant impact on the people of South
Waziristan to generate economic activity, conducive for peace and catalyst for national production.
♦ Salient Features
� Type
� Height of Dam
� Length of Dam
� Length of Main Canal
� Length of Distributaries
� Gross Storage
� Live Storage
� Command Area
� Power Generation
� EIRR
♦ Date of Commencement Actual July 2002 / Revised June 2007
RCC Gravity Dam
437 ft
758 ft
63 km
203 km
1.140 MAF
0.892 MAF
163,086 Acres
17.4 MW / 90.9 Gwh
12%
♦ Date of Completion Actual Sep 2006 / Revised Jan. 2013
♦ Financial Status Local Foreign Total (Rs. Million)
Approved PC-I Cost 7,865.000 4,964.000 12,829.000
Expenditures upto 30.06.2012 8,934.312 3,317.936 12,252.248
PSDP Allocation for 2012-2013 1,000.000 800.000 1,800.000
Expenditures during the Month 22.961 365.477 388.438
Current F/Y Expenditures 43.703 365.477 409.180
Total Expenditures 8,978.015 3,683.413 12,661.428
− Contract re-awarded to FWO on 09.03.2007 at a cost of Rs. 10,400.634 Million (equivalent to US$ 171.063 M).
o Physical Progress 81.67 % against 96.26 %
o Financial Progress 98.69 % against 97.84 %
USAID has signed agreements with WAPDA to provide US$ 40 Million for the Power Portion of
Gomal Zam Dam on 07.01.2011, US$ 40 Million for Irrigation Portion on 05.10.2011 and US$ 12
Million for Waran Canal (under Gomal Zam Dam Project) on 30.07.2012.
USAID has released US$ 55.089 Million so far.
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