Sabakzai Dam

Sabakzai Dam
Location of Sabakzai Dam in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sabakzai Dam (Pakistan)
CountryPakistan
LocationZhob, Balochistan
Coordinates30°56′51″N 69°21′23″E / 30.94750°N 69.35639°E / 30.94750; 69.35639
StatusOperational
Construction began1998
Opening date2007
Construction costRs. 1960.823 million (US$6.8 million)
Owner(s)Government of Balochistan
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth and rock fill
Height34.75 m (114.0 ft)
Length395 m (1,296 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity40,335,000 m3 (32,700 acre⋅ft)

Sabakzai Dam is an embankment dam on the Sawar Rud, a tributary of Zhob River, about 68 km southwest of Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.

The 395 m long dam is earth and rock-fill with a command area of 7300 acres. Construction began in 2004 and it was inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf on 3 September 2007. The irrigation works are still being constructed.