The construction of three dams has been stopped due to financial problems and the indifference of the Punjab government.
Sources said the aim to provide 37 million gallons of water to the city through the construction of dams had fallen short of completion. This will lead to scarcity of water as the local population cannot rely on the underground storage of water, they said.
According to details, the project for building Charah dam, Chahan dam, and Darocha dam had been approved, but due to non-availability of funds their construction had been stopped.
Sources said the Punjab government and the Capital Development Authority had to build Charah dam at the cost of Rs 5,300 million. The dam would have supplied 700 million gallons of water to Rawalpindi and Islamabad but the dam could not be built, as the site for its construction could not be acquired.
Chahan dam had to be built on an area of 2,500 kanals at the cost of Rs 787 million and would have watered 12,000 acres of land. Only Rs 16 million had been released out of the total amount of Rs 100 million that were allocated for the project in the current financial year. Construction should have started in June but has not begun yet.
Darocha dam was to supply 25 million gallons of water but the dam’s location is still controversial.
