Pehur High Level Canal Extension
Name of Project : Pehur High Level Canal Extension (PHLCE) Project
Location / Country : Swabi , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Pakistan
Client : Irrigation Department, KP
Funded by : Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Commencement : July 2017
Completion : June 2024
PHLCEP envisages to irrigate, through two main pressure pipes off taking from the Gandaf tunnel of Tarbela dam, a CCA of about 8,727 ha located at higher elevations and thus not commanded by the existing Pehur High Level Canal (PHLC). The project covers two main command areas: Janda Boka area with CCA of about 1,316 ha, and the Indus Ambar area with CCA of about 7,411 ha.
Construction works of the project were packaged into 3 Lots.
Lot-01: Janda Boka Steel Pressure Pipe, Canals and Allied Structures
- Steel pressure pipe of 3.67 Km (0.9 – 1 m dia) from the existing Gandaf tunnel up to Janda Boka main canal.
- A trapezoidal canal (7.3 Km) and three minor canals (3.73 Km). Main structures include siphons, aqueducts, cross-drainage culverts, road bridges, foot bridges, and outlets, etc.
Lot-02: Indus Ambar Steel Pressure Pipe and Allied Structures
- Steel pressure pipe of 24.7 Km (1.5 to 2.37 m dia) from the existing Gandaf tunnel of Tarbela Dam.
Lot-03: Indus Ambar Irrigation Canal System and Allied Structures
- Irrigation canal system consisting of a main canal (8.59 Km), two distributary canals (10.52 Km) and five minor canals (14.26 Km) to serve both the Indus and Ambar areas.
- Other structures include head regulators, cross regulators, an escape, aqueducts, siphons, drainage culverts, super passages, road bridges, foot bridges, under passes, fall/drop structures, outlets, bifurcates and trifurcates, etc.
In addition, the project also includes command area works including water courses land levelling; installation of high efficiency irrigation systems; and establishment of demonstration plots.
The project has two outputs (i) Available water for agriculture-use increased in the project area, and (ii) Water-use skill and farm management capacities increased in the project areas.