The Katzarah Dam is a proposed dam located near Shyok, Shigar River, and Indus rivers in Pakistan.[1] If built it would be Pakistan's largest dam.
| Katzarah Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Katzarah Dam in Pakistan | |
| Official name | کٹزارہ ڈیم |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Location | Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Coordinates | 35°19′41″N 75°36′59″E / 35.32806°N 75.61639°E |
| Status | Pre-feasibility study |
| Construction began | 2024 |
| Opening date | 2034 |
| Owner(s) | Government of Pakistan |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Three Rivers |
| Height | 860 |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 35,000,000 acre feet, |
| Power Station | |
| Installed capacity | 15000 MW (max. planned) |
Site
editThe dam site is about 18 km downstream of Skardu, Pakistan and would create storage in three gorges. The average annual flow in the Indus River at the site is nearly 31.8 billion cubic meters.[2]
Storage and power
editThe Katzarah dam would create a reservoir up to 35 maf, the largest in Pakistan and six times larger than Kalabagh Dam or Basha.[citation needed] The largest reservoir is Kariba Dam lake which is 150 million acre feet (MAF). It would be able to generate about 15,000 MW of power.[1]
History
editWAPDA Engineer Fateh Ullah discovered the dam site in 1957 by looking at the GTS maps later on he prepared a pre-feasibility report in April 1962. President Muhammad Ayub Khan requested the World Bank to send its experts to identify dam sites in Pakistan and other water resources projects. In 1968, Dr Pieter Lieftnick of the World Bank and his team identified Katzarah dam site near Skardu among others and called it Skardu dam.[citation needed] Confusion is being created by calling Katzarah as Skardu, the two different dam sites namely Katzarah and Skardu are 22 km apart. Therefore, both cannot be called Skardu. The World Bank Team fixes the site for Skardu Dam on the upstream of Skardu town. It is immediately located on the downstream of the confluence of Shigar River with Indus River where a gauge site has since been established for the purpose. At this location the height of Skardu Dam is fixed as 310 feet, length 3700 feet and storage capacity as 8 maf. For confirmation reference may be made to Dr Pieter Lieftnick's report — pages 283 and 296.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "15,000MW dam project shelved by Wapda". Dawn. Pakistan. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Detection of Sediment Trends Using Wavelet Transforms in the Upper Indus River". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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