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Bara Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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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 District, Peshawar Division, Pakistan. It is part of a wider plan that consists in remodeling the Bara River, to promote agriculture. Construction, which had not started yet as of late 2019, is expected to last 5 years. The estimated cost of the project is US$311 million (Rs. 14.2 billion), out of which $227 million for civil works and $28 million for electro-mechanical works are required.

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