Bara_Dam
Bara Dam
Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Bara Dam is a proposed small, low-head, earth core rockfill, hydroelectric dam with a capacity of 5.8 megawatts, located across Bara River at the confluence of Mastura River in Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan.[1] It is part of a wider plan that consists in remodeling the Bara River, to promote agriculture.[2]
Construction, which had not started yet as of late 2019, is expected to last 5 years.[3]
The estimated cost of the project is US$311 million (Rs. 14.2 billion[3]), out of which $227 million for civil works and $28 million for electro-mechanical works are required.[1]