Barran dam to be completed by June 2023.

BANNU -- Project Director Barran dam on Friday said that the under construction dam would be completed by June 2023 and upon completion would irrigate approximately 170,000 acre of lands in district Bannu.

Briefing the Commissioner Bannu division during a meeting here, he said work on feeder channels and wires had been completed, adding that Barran dam would irrigate lands in Jani Khel, Ghazni Khel and other areas of the district.

Similarly, he said that Marwat canal would also irrigate a large area of land in the district and would bring agricultural revolution.

The project director said that work on the over two billion rupees Shaktoo dam in North Waziristan would start soon after...