University Of Sargodha Sub-Campus Mianwali: Namal Dam Mianwali

08 January, 2015

We Love Mianwali January 08, 2015

Kala Bagh Dam Great Need in Mianwali and Pakistan, The Kalabagh Dam

The Kalabagh Dam (Urdu: کالا باغ ڈيم‎), is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in the

Mianwali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan. Intensely debated and deemed a necessity since its inception,

if constructed the dam would have 3,600 megawatts (4,800,000 hp) of electricity generation capacity.

In December 2004, then President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, announced that he would build the

dam to serve the larger interest of Pakistan. However, on 26 May 2008, the Federal Minister for Water and Power

of Pakistan, Raja Pervez Ashraf, said that the "Kalabagh Dam would not be constructed" and that the project had

been cancelled due to "opposition from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and other stakeholders, the project was no

longer feasible".[2] In 2010 after the worst floods in Pakistani history, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza

Gilani, stated flood damage would be minimised if the Kalabagh Dam were built.

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UOS Mianwali January 08, 2015

Namal Dam Mianwali

In 1913, British engineers, to meet the scarcity of irrigation and drinking water, built a dam on this

namallake and irrigated lands up to Mianwali city. But with the passage of time and construction

of Thal Canal and installation of tube wells, its utility of water squeezed up to some limit.
The gates of the dam are repaired by the irrigation department regularly but without enthusiasm.

The hill torrents and rains fill the Namal Lake round the year. Due to a drought-like situation in the

country, this lake dried up last year, which is the first incident of its kind during the last 100 years.

Presently, its condition is very bad.

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