Sindh Small Dams
The Khirthar Range and Thar Desert is comprising 49.32% area of Sindh, which is almost half area of the province. This area completely depends on rainfall. Previously the precious rain water was wasted without being proper utilization due to non-availability of Dams.
Prior to initiative of Small Dams the local people of Thar Desert, Lower, Central and Upper Kohistan were living in miserable condition, nomadic life and generally move to Barrage areas with their live stock to earn livelihood for themselves & their livestock when there was drought.
Thus, in order to tackle the impending scarcity of water in rain fed / barani area, the Irrigation Department, Government of Sindh, created the Small Dams Region Sindh, Hyderabad during the year 2006-07 for the construction of Small Dams on untapped potential sites
The Small Dams Region Sindh, Hyderabad, has completed so far 106 Small Dams under PSDP & various ADP schemes. These Dams became effective model for poverty alleviation in their respective command areas and visible impact has been noticed, result of which the migration of local people to the Barrage Command was reduced at significant level. The trend for permanent settlement have been established in Thar Desert & Kohistan areas.
Prior to construction of Small Dams, the sub-soil water level was depleted at alarming level of 200 ft to 250, which is now recharged upto 120 ft to 150 ft, where Small Dams were constructed.
The already constructed Dams are producing optimum result , the people are getting advantage of availability of water for drinking purpose for human beings as well as live stock and even it is being used for cultivation of their crops, vegetables and fodder
| S# | Programme | No Of DAMS Completed | No Of DAMS Ongoing | Reservoir Capacity | Population Benefited |
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Achievements of Small Dam Organization |
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| 01 | PSDP PROJECTS | 54 | 23 | 88,970 | 165,609 Aprox |
| 02 | A.D.P. PROJECTS | 52 | 01 | 248,501 | |
Achievements of Sindh Resilience Project | |||||
| 03 | SINDH RESILIENCE PROJECT PHASE-I | 14 | - | 6,456 | 100,650 Aprox |
| 04 | SINDH RESILIENCE PROJECT PHASE-II | 40 | 13 | 10,612.4 | 750,000 Aprox |
| Sub-Total | 54 | 13 | - | 850,650 Aprox |
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| TOTAL | 160 | 37 | - | 1,016,259 Aprox |
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