LOCATION

Dotara Dam site is located 41 km upstream of Khanpur Dam and 2.5 km downstream from the junction of Haro and Dhund Haro on Haro River near Dotara village, District Abbotabad.

OBJECTIVES

Municipal water supply by gravity flow to Islamabad & Rawalpindi.

Hydropower Potential

Margala Pumped Storage Scheme 200 MW, (122 m3/sec for 5 hours/day)
Water Supply Scheme for Islamabad & 10 MW Rawalpindi(6.5 m3/sec for 14 hours/day)

Main Components of Project

CURRENT STATUS

• PC-II Proforma for Feasibility Study amounting to Rs. 236.250 Million was submitted to MoW&P on February 24, 2012.
• WAPDA has requested MoW&P for early approval of the PC-II vide letter dated April 11, 2014.
• PC-II was returned by MoW&P on March 21, 2016 with the remarks that if approval of PC-II is required, it may be submitted a fresh with committed source of financing in consultation with beneficiary department.
• WAPDA has requested Capital Development Authority (CDA) on March 31, 2016 to provide funds being sole beneficiary of the project.

COMPARISON OF SALIENT FEATURES