ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has inaugurated Kalidas Dam in Nagarparkar with the storage capacity of 1012.3 acre feet and constructed with the cost of Rs333 million.
While addressing the inauguration ceremony, Murad Ali Shah said that Kalidas Dam has been constructed one kilometer away from Nagarparkar and the current water level is 13 feet in the small dam.
The dam has storage capacity up to 1012.3 acre feet and its height is 13 feet which was construction at the spot of the catchment area of Karoonjhar Mountains feasible for small dams, he added.
CM told that the construction of 23 small dams has been completed after the Sindh government started the project of 42 small dams, whereas, the plan for building more 26 dams was finalized.
“After the construction of 34 dams, approximately 80,000 acres of land will be made fertile,” informed Muard Ali Shah.
The chief minister highlighted that the people of Nagarparkar and its suburban villages will get clean drinking water after the construction of Kalidas dam, which will ultimately reduce the water scarcity in the Nagarparkar area.
He expressed that nearly 50 villages are getting water from 23 dams and more than 85,000 acres of land will be made fertile and populated after the construction of 42 small dams this year. (With input from INP)
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