Akhori Dam
Encyclopedia
The Akhori Dam Project is one of the projects of Water Vision 2025
, which is proposed by the former Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
's Government. The dam will stored about 8.6 billion cubic meters of water that is split filling the Tarbela
reservoir during the monsoon
season.
, Akhori
, Humak, Boota
, Jabi
, and Bathou
would be inundated.
Water and Power Development Authority
The Water and Power Development Authority is a government-owned public utility maintaining power and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources...
, which is proposed by the former Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
The Pakistan Muslim League or officially Pakistan Muslim League is a centrist, modern political party in Pakistan. The present form of PML-Q was formed prior to 2002 general elections....
's Government. The dam will stored about 8.6 billion cubic meters of water that is split filling the Tarbela
Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is the second largest dam in the world by structural volume. It is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about northwest of Islamabad.The dam is high above the riverbed. The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with a surface area of approximately...
reservoir during the monsoon
Monsoon
Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...
season.
Controversy
The local people of this area may be opposed to the proposal because they are small land holder agriculturalists, 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 DaurdadDaurdad
Daūrdād is a village in Golra Union Council, Attock Tehsil, Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located some 23 kilometres northeast of Attock. Daurdad is an historic village with a population of roughly six thousand, all of whom are Muslim; there were also a few Hindu...
, Akhori
Akhori
Akhori is a village of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It located at 33°41'33N 72°27'12E with an altitude of 365 metres ....
, Humak, Boota
Boota
Boota, is a village of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It located at 33°41'51N 72°24'52E with an altitude of 351 metres .It is located at the foot of Kala Chita mountain range. It is scenic and beautiful especially in spring season. Its distance from Attock is about 11km....
, Jabi
Jabi
Jabi is one of the 51 Union Councils of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°23'60N 72°5'60E...
, and Bathou
Bathou
Bathou, also spelt Bathu, is a village of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 33°42'33N 72°31'36E with an altitude of 366 metres ....
would be inundated.