The Akhori Dam project is a proposed multipurpose dam in

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, about 60 km west of

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. Developed by Pakistani

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(WAPDA) as part of its Water Vision 2025, it has been proposed by the former

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's Government. The dam will be able to store about 8.6 billion cubic metres of water that is split filling the

Tarbela Tarbela ( pnb, ) or Torbela ( ps, توربېلا) is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivision, of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name comes from the words ''tor'' (Pashto for "black") and ''be ...

reservoir during the

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season. It will also host a 600 MW hydropower plant, expected to generate an estimated 2,155 GWh/year.

Controversy

The local people of this area may be opposed to the proposal because they are small land holder

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, but the government continues to press on. Government officials claim locals though are willing to give up their land for the better of the nation. With the construction of the dam, as many as 49,320 persons would be displaced and the government would have to bear an environmental and resettlement cost of $0.3 billion. More than thirty villages including

Daurdad Daūrdād is a village in Attock Tehsil of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located some 23 kilometres northeast of Attock City. Akhori Dam The Akhori Dam project is a proposed multipurpose dam in Pakistan, about 60 ...

Akhori Akhori is a village and union council in Attock District of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is located between Attock and Fateh Jang. It is 15 km from Attock District and 26 km from Fateh Jang Tehsil. It is close to Kala Chitta Ra ...

Humak Humak is also the name of the Union Council governing this town, as well as the nearby Kotha Kalan and Naizian'' Model Town Humak is a suburb town of Islamabad, Pakistan started in 1984. Located in Islamabad Capital Territory on Kahuta Road, Mode ...

Boota Boota is a village of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Mazar SharifPir Syed Hazrat Shah Bukhari Naqashbandi Mujdadi Siraji Pir Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah Bukhari Naqashbandi Mujdadi Siraji is the most visited place of village ...

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, and

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would be inundated.Ministry recommends $1.6b for Akhroi Dam
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