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 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,

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 Range ...

, Humak, Boota, Jabbi Shareef, and Bathou would be inundated.

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