Karak: District Director of Soil Conservation Department Mohammad Yasin Wazir has stated that 100 small dams can be constructed across Karak district, a news source reported. He said this would provide a permanent resolution to acute water shortage of the district.<\/p>\n
He further said there were feasible sites for the dams in all the three tehsils, including Karak, Takht-i-Nusrati and Banda Daud Shah. His estimation was that each dam could be built at a cost falling between PKR 1 million and PKR 3 million, and all the dams could be finished at a cost of PKR 150 million.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Khattak Ittehad President Khursheed Sultan has demanded that the government should divert a portion of the oil and gas royalty funds for construction of small dams in the district. He also contended that a committee should be formed to hold talks with local lawmakers and stress the importance of small dams in the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karak: District Director of Soil Conservation Department Mohammad Yasin Wazir has stated that 100 small dams can be constructed across Karak district, a news source reported. He said this would provide a permanent resolution to acute water shortage of the district. He further said there were feasible sites for the dams in all the three tehsils, including Karak, Takht-i-Nusrati and Banda Daud Shah. His estimation was that each dam could be built at a cost falling between PKR 1 million and PKR 3 million, and all the dams could be finished at a cost of PKR 150 million. Meanwhile, Khattak Ittehad President Khursheed Sultan has demanded that the government should divert a portion of the oil and gas royalty funds for construction of small dams in the district. He also contended that a committee should be formed to hold talks with local lawmakers and stress the importance of small dams in the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":9864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8836],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-small-dams-demanded"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n