Kalabagh dam update

presentation on kalabagh dam

1. C-206 Fluid Mechanics -1 Presentation on Kalabagh Dam Group Members: Faisal Tahir Roll No: 36 Hira Wahab Roll No: 37 Faizan ali Roll No: 38 Mursaleen Khan Roll No: 39 Sumaya Malik Roll No: 40 Dr: Mujahid Khan Depertment of Civil Engineering UET Peshawar

2. Tabel of Content: Define a Dam And Types of Dam Introduction to Kalabagh Dam Sailent Featurs of Kalabagh Dam Benefits of Kalabagh Dam Problems with kalabagh Dam Opinion on Kalabagh Dam

3. Dam Definition: Dam is a solid barrier constructed at a suitable location across a river valley to store flowing water. Storage of water is utilized for following objectives: • Hydropower • Irrigation • Water for domestic consumption • Drought and flood control • For navigational facilities • Other additional utilization is to develop fisheries

4. Types of Dam On the basis of structure: Arch dams Gravity dam Embankment dam Butress Dam On the basis of material : Concrete dams Steel dam

5. Kalabagh dam Kalabagh : Kalabagh is basically a town and union council of mainwali district in the punjab province of pakistan . It is located on the western bank of indus river. Kalabagh Dam: The Kalabagh Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in the Mianwali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan, It is a typically an embankment dam. History of Kalabagh Dam: 1979 UNDP and world bank contribution Dec 2004 pervez musharraf reign 2010 worst floods in pakistan

6. Location Of Kalabagh Dam

7. Sailent Features Of Kalabagh Dam Official name Kalabagh Dam Country Pakistan Location Kalabagh,Mianwali District Construction period 7 years Hydrology: Impound Indus River Catchments Area 110,500 sq. Miles Maximum Recorded Flood (1929) 1,200,000 Cusses Average Annual Flow 91.4 MAF Dam and spillways: Type of dam Earthfill dam (zoned fill embankment with clay core)

8. SAilent Features Of Kalabagh Dam Height 79 m (259ft) Length 3,350 m (10,991) Total Fill Volume 60 Million Cu. Yds Reservoir: Storage Capacity Gross 7.9 MAF Live 6.1 MAF Power Facilities: Unit Size 300 MW Penstocks 12 No Turbines Francis Type Turbines 12 * 300 MW Turbine Design Head 170 feet (52 m) Power House Indoor Type

9. Sailent Features Of Kalabagh Dam Dam Capacity: Installed Capacity 2400 MW (Initial) 3600 MW (Ultimate) Average Annual Energy 11,400 GWH No canal outlet from dam Cost: Estimated Total Investment Rs. 250 Billion

10. Benefits of kalabagh Dam An official meeting of Ministry of Water and Power was held on January 14, 2014 regarding the issue of Kalabagh dam. Electricity. Irrigation. Control of flood . Agriculture sector. National income . Importance in GDP.

11. Benefits of Kalabagh Dam Electricity: Installed capacity 2400MW. No load shedding . Save $4 billion annually for the country. Sufficient and cheap electricity. Per unit cost (2.5 PKR)

12. Irrigation: Absence of Reservoirs 30 million acre foot water wasted. Storage Capacity would be available for assured irrigation supplies throughout the year. Better canal system . Increases crop production. GDP: 3-4% increase NATIONAL INCOME: 15% increase Benefits of Kalabagh Dam

13. Benefits of Kalabagh Dam Flood : The recent floods in(2010,2019 etc ) Pakistan loss $45 billion. Kalabagh would store surplus water in the flood season and make it available for controlled utilization during the low flow season. Agriculture sector: KPK 6-8 lac acres Punjab around 7 lac acres Sindh khareef crop Balochistan 51k acres Over all Benefits: Overall direct benefits = Rs. 20 billion per annum.

14. Problems with Kalabagh dam On the construction of KBD, various complaints have been expressed by KPK and Sindh provinces. Main objections on KBD as follows: Objection of kpk Objection of Sindh Political Conflicts India Conflicts

15. Problems with Kalabagh dam Objection of Kpk : Nowshehra will get flooded. Many people of KPK will be displaced The Sewerage system of mardan , swabi and Nowshera will adversly affect Facts: No risk to Nowshehra . Govt Provide irrigated land Effected population 83,000 48,500 in Punjab 34,500 in KPK Maxi level of KBD

16. Problems with Kalabagh dam Objection of Sindh: The Fertile land of Sindh will become barren. Water level decrease. Water-based jungles will affected. Live-stock drinking water decrease. Productive capacity decline Facts: Desert convert into cultivatable land. Annual flow of water in river increase. More water available for winter season

17. Problems with Kalabagh dam Indian Conflicts: India Spending Rs 19 billion on media Targeting kalabagh Dam (IB Source) Funding by india to political parties to influence the political pressure on govt who talks about construction of kbd .

18. Problems with Kalabagh dam Political Influence on Kalabagh Dam: Some political party in kpk and Sindh that they are against the construction of KBD. Poltical Statement of some poltical party: the construction of kalabagh dam is destruction of KPK” “we had buried kalabagh dam project as intensively that even Jinnah was not buried like this’’ “if kalabagh dam is constructed, then constructors have to pass on my dead body in order to construct kalabagh dam

19. Current situation of kalabagh dam Machinery

20. Opinion on Kalabagh DAM Kalabagh Dam is need of the hour. Most objections raised against it have no factual basis. Pakistan has an agro based economy. Saving thousand of precious lives. Striving for the cause of nation Need of a prosperous.