Murunj Dam Project

November 02, 2022

Murunj Dam Consultants

 Background
 Suleiman Range exists in DG Khan and Rajanpur Districts of Punjab
Province. About 200 Hill Torrents (13 major) drain Suleiman Range
and spread over canal command areas of the two districts.

 These Hill Torrents impose high flood hazards which cause loss of
life and damages worth billions of rupees to Public / Private
Properties, Infra-structure, Communication Systems, Irrigation
Systems, Agricultural Crops and Live Stocks.

 Kaha Hill Torrent is one of the major hill torrents of DG Khan

Division.

 Murunj Dam Project (MDP) is planned to store flows of Kaha Nullah

by the construction of a dam on this torrent.

 The stored water will be released to meet the irrigation water

requirements of the downstream cultivable area.
Over All Location Map of The Project Area
Project Location Map
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Previous Studies
 1929 - Study by Mr. P. Claxton (XEN, Indus Canal Division, DG Khan).

 1944 ~ 45 - Study by Mr. Rai Bahadur Lal Kanwar Sain, SE, Irrigation
Department.

 1958 - Study by Mr. G.E. Meads from Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO).

 1984 - A comprehensive Master Planning Study by NESPAK.

 1992 - JICA Developed Watershed Management Plan for Kaha Hill Torrent.

 1995 - Kaha Watershed Management Studies: Swedish Consultants VBB-VIAK

and NESPAK.

 1998 - Master Feasibility Studies for Flood Management of Hill Torrents of

Pakistan, Federal Flood Commission and Ministry of Water & Power.

 2017 - Kaha Hill Torrent Study as part of Kachhi Canal Project by NESPAK led JV.
 Salient Features of Kaha Hill Torrent

Catchment Area 5500 Km²

Culturable Command Area 88,859 acres
Water Availability 191,400 Ac-Ft
100 years Flood 146,000 cfs
10,000 years Flood 365,400 cfs
Peak Discharge Flood 2010 80,000 cfs
Peak Discharge Flood 2012 81,500 cfs
Historical Maximum (1978) 118,500 cfs
PRESENT PROJECT
 Consultancy Services Agreement
 Consultancy Services Awarded to NESPAK (Lead) – ACE JV in
Association with AAB.
 CSA Signed on May 20, 2020.

 Consultants Mobilized w.e.f June 05,2020.

 Completion Date of CSA : June 04, 2022

 Revised Date of CSA: March 31, 2023

 Scope of Work: Feasibility Study, Detailed Design, Tender
Documents & PC-I.
 Total Consultancy Cost upto June 2022
(incl; Tax+Cont;): Rs. 156,226,886/-
Potential Dam Sites on Kaha Nullah
Analyzed During Inception Phase
1. Darrah

2. Mud Kund – 2A (about 4 km u/s of Darrah)

3. Mud Kund – 2B (about 5 km u/s of Darrah)

4. Nila Kund (about 25km u/s of Darrah)

Kaha Hill Torrent and Dam Sites
Darrah Site – Looking D/S (OPT-1)
Mud Kund Site – Looking D/S (OPT-2A)
Mud Kund Site –(OPT-2B)

Shale Beds
Nila Kund Site- Looking D/S (OPT-3)
 Comparison of Alternates
Provision
Storage
Suitable of Power Geolog
Capacity Length of
Dam Location Supply for y
Sr. with Saddle
Site Name Height for Access Dam & (Visual Remarks
No Freeboard Dams /
(ft) Spillway Colony/ Observ
Encroached Dykes (km)
Provision other ations)
(MAF)
facilities

Darrah –
1 132 0.06 0.0 Very less storage, No dyke
Alternate 1
Graveyard submerged,
Darrah –
2 277 0.66 Very 4.52 dyke required, adequate
Alternate 1 available Very Easy Weak
Easy storage
Graveyard submerged,
Darrah –
3 362 1.28 6.0 larger dyke required, high
Alternate 1
storage

4 Mud Kund – Availa- Favor Four dykes,

310 0.44 Easy Easy 1.14/0.8
Alternate 2A ble -able adequate storage

Mud Kund –
5 375 0.523 0.5 Less storage, small dyke
Alternate 2B
Availa-ble
Easy Easy Weak
Mud Kund – Larger dyke, adequate
6 415 0.689 2.7
Alternate 2B storage
Left
Abutme
nt:
Extra
Nila Kund – Very Very better,
7 400 1.535 effort 0.0 High storage, No dyke
Alternate 3 Difficult Difficult Right
required
Abutme
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Murunj Dam
Consultants
Final Selected Dam Site (Mud Kund)
 Feasibility Studies
 SURVEY (WAPDA)

 GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION (WAPDA)

 HYDROLOGICAL & SEDIMENTATION

 HYDRAULICS

 IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE SYSTEM

 AGRICULTURE & SOIL

 HYDROPOWER AND MECHANICAL STUDIES

 STRUCTURAL DESIGN

 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN

 COST ESTIMATE

 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

 Salient Features of Project

Dam Type Zoned Earth Fill

Height of Dam (ft) 310
Length of Dam Embankment (ft) 3,754
Embankment Top Elevation (ft) 1,170
Dead Storage Level (ft) 950
Normal Conservation Level (ft) 1,098
Spillway Type Ogee
Width of Spillway (clear) (ft) 1,250
Spillway Crest Elevation (ft) 1,147
Capacity of Spillway 10,000 years return period flood (cusecs) 358,900
Flood outlet discharge passing capacity (cusecs) 38,700
Flood outlet Invert Level 1070
Total numbers of Dykes/Saddle Dams 04
Irrigation and power Intake invert level 950
Capacity of diversion structure (cusecs) 25,700
Culturable Command Area of System (acres) 88,859
HYDROLOGICAL & SEDIMENTATION
 Data Collection
Sr. No.
Data Period
Station Data Type Agency
(years)

Climatic Data

1 Barkhan Daily Rainfall 1911-1940,1963-2020 PMD

2 DG Khan Daily Rainfall 2004-2020 PMD

3 DG Khan Monthly Evaporation 2006-2020 PMD

4 Fort Munro Daily Rainfall Aug 2014-Jul 2017 PMD

5 Mari Daily Rainfall Apr 2016-Dec 2018 PMD

Discharge Data

Annual Instantaneous
1 Kaha at Darrah 1959-2003,2012-2019 PID
Peaks

Kaha at Harand/
2 Mean Daily Discharges Jul 2013-2017 SWHP
Darrah
 Flood Estimation
• Two methods for the flood estimation have been used i.e.

a) Rainfall-runoff and

b) Flood Frequency Analysis.

• Results of rainfall-runoff method has been finally adopted.

• 2-days design rainfalls of Barkhan has been adopted.

• NRCS-CN “78” has been applied.

• 100-year & 10,000-year peak discharges are 146,000 ft3/s & 365,400
ft3/s, respectively.
 Flood Estimation - Summary of Analysis
Sr.
Salient Features Value
No.
1 Catchment Area 5,500 Km2
2 Time of Concentration 28 hrs
3 Max. 1-day rainfall in 1984 104 mm
4 Max. 2-day rainfall in 1917 170 mm
5 2-day 100-Year Rainfall Barkhan 181 mm
6 1-day 10,000-Year Rainfall Barkhan 198 mm
7 2-day 10,000-Year Rainfall Barkhan 342 mm
8 Point to Area Reduction Factor 0.733
9 Curve Number 78
10 10,000 – Year Peak Discharge 365,400 ft3/s
11 100-Year Peak Discharge 146,000 ft3/s
12 50-Year Peak Discharge 116,000 ft3/s
3
 Water Availability

• Water availability has Sr. Runoff Barkhan

RFE
No Source (PMD)
been estimated as
1 Range Land (Flat) 104,800 86,831
191,400 Ac-Ft.
2 Range Land (Hilly) 51,575 43,190
• USNRCS curve number
method has been used. 3 Cultivated 20,270 15,639
4 Woodland 1,774 1,037
• Daily discharge data of
SWHP has been used for 5 Built-up Area 2,510 2,177
the estimation of base 6 Baseflow 10,474 10,474
flow. Water Availability 191,400 159,348
Runoff-Coefficient 11 % 8.2 %
Runoff-Coefficient
10 % 7.7 %
without Baseflow
 Reservoir Operations
• Net annual reservoir evaporation has been estimated as 34.69 inches.

• Multi stage irrigation intakes have been suggested keeping in

view the long-term sedimentation.

• For initial 25 years of operation MOL has been taken at level 950 ft,

for 26-40 years 1,010 ft and for the remaining life 1,070 ft.

• Irrigation demands are 140,337 Ac-Ft.

• Live storage with flood storage for the first year of operation is 444,600
Ac-Ft and 40th year of operation 261,000 Ac-Ft.

• Maximum Conservation Level (MCL) has been optimized at level 1,098 ft.
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS
 Geotechnical Investigation

Location Boreholes Drilling (ft) Status

Main Dam Area 13 3300 Completed

Spillway 3 180 3 No. Completed

Dykes 19 2045 Completed

Total 37 5525 35 No. Completed

Geotechnical Investigation-Rock Classification

Geo-mechanics Lugeon Bearing

Sr. RMR Dominant
Structure Classification Capacity
No. Value Rock Type Left |Center |Right
System (MPa)

Class III (Fair

1 Main Dam 48 1.19-6.97 2.49-7.13 0.09-2.9 0.4
Rock)
Alternating
Class III (Fair bedding of
2 Dyke-1 45 3.5-4.6 0.2
Rock) greenish
grey and
Class III (Fair brown
3 Dyke-2 46 0.18-0.96 0.2
Rock) shale with
thin
Class III (Fair bedding of
3 Dyke-3 47 0.18-0.96 0.4
Rock) sandstone,
mudstone
and
Class IV (Poor siltstone
5 Dyke-4 32 5.70-7.16 0.15
Rock)
 Geotechnical Evaluation of Compressive
Strength of Rocks at Site
Sr. No. Material No. of UCS Minimum Maximum Average
Description tests UCS value UCS value UCS value
Performed (MPa) (MPa) (MPa)

1. Shale 65 4 39 18

2. Sandstone 44 3 75 18.5

3. Siltstone 26 5 47 20.7
EMBANKMENTS DESIGN STUDIES
 Technical Comparison of Dam Type for
Detailed Design
Concrete Face Rock Fill
Zoned Earth Fill Dam Concrete Gravity Dam
Relevant Aspect Dam
  (CGD)
(CFRD)
Abutment Morphology Acceptable Acceptable Not Acceptable
Width of Valley Section Acceptable Acceptable Not Acceptable
Engineering Characteristics of
Acceptable Acceptable Marginally Acceptable
Abutment Rocks
Engineering Characteristics of
Acceptable Marginally Acceptable Not Acceptable
Rocks at riverbed level
Depth to Bedrock in Valley
Acceptable Marginally Acceptable Not Acceptable
Section
Orientation of Bedrock Acceptable Acceptable Acceptable
Construction Material
Available Available Available
Availability
Seismicity Acceptable Acceptable Marginally Favorable

Construction Experience Extensive Little Little

Accessibility Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory
Suitability Most Suitable Suitable Not Suitable
Technical Rating First Second Third
Layout of Main Dam, Spillway and Dykes
 Salient Features of Main Dam

Parameters Description

Height (ft) 310

Crest Level (ft) 1,170

Crest Length (ft) 3,754

Upstream Shoulder Slope 3.5H : 1V

Downstream Shoulder Slope 2.5H : 1V

 Salient Features of Dykes
Dyke 1 2 3 4

Length(ft) 898.13 735.4 400.1 566.63

Height (ft.)
(From bottom of 113.8 90.6 87.80 27.1
core to crest)

U/S Slope 1 : 2.5 1 : 2.5 1 : 2.5 1 : 2.5

D/S Slope 1: 2.5 1: 2.5 1: 2.5 1: 2.5

Typical X-Section of Main Dam
Typical X-Section of Dyke
 Rim Works Slope Protection
Percentage of shale is more than the other rock units in the project area. Also shale is mostly weak to very weak and highly
erodible.
To overcome the erodibility of shale, slope protection has been provided up to highest flood level EL.1164.5 ft. along the rim
works on both left and right abutments of main dam and dykes
POWER COMPONENT
 Salient Features
Sr.
Parameter Values Units
No.
1 No. of Turbines 2 -
2 Type & configuration of Turbine Horizontal shaft Francis -
Turbine
3 Turbine Speed 500 Rpm
4 Turbine Centerline 858.50 ft.a s.l
5 HWL(max) 1077.6 Ft
6 HWL(min) 1056.66 Ft
7 TWL(max) 857.5 Ft
8 TWL(min) 857 Ft
9 Head loss (from intake to MIV) 3.58 M
10 Rated NET Head (average) 60 M
11 Rated Discharge for 2 Units (400 Cusecs) 11.3 m3/s
12 Turbine Efficiency 92.6 %
13 Net Plant Capacity 6 MW
HYDRAULICS
STRUCTURES
 Project Components

Diversion Tunnels

Spillway

Intake Structure (Flood, Power and Irrigation)

Diversion Weir
 Diversion Tunnels

Two No. D-shape Diversion Tunnels, 38 ft. x 38 ft.

Design Discharge of Div. Tunnels= 116,000 cusecs.

Tunnel No.1 will be used for Irrigation and Power

generation outlets and the Tunnel No.2 will be used
for flood outlet after dam completion.
 Salient Features of Spillway

 Spillway Type Ungated

 Discharge capacity 358,900 cusecs
 Maximum Water Level (HFL) 1,164.5 ft.
 Spillway Crest Level 1,147 ft.
 Total Width at crest 1,250 ft.
 Type of Energy Dissipation Single Stage Stilling Basin
 Diversion Weir Salient Features
Sr. No. Parameter Value
1 Discharge through weir (cusecs) 25,700
2 Discharge through fuse plug (cusecs) 13,000
3 Crest level of weir (ft.) 750
4 HFL (ft.) 755.37
5 Type of weir Ogee
6 Crest length of weir (ft.) 590
7 No. of bays 14
8 Clear width of each bay (ft.) 37.5
9 No. of piers 13
10 Width of pier ( ft.) 5
11 02 No. Sediment flushing conduits (ft.) 6 x 13.5
12 Discharge through flushing conduits ( cusecs) 5,140
IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE
 Main Components of Irrigation System
• Diversion Wier at Darrah (25,700 cfs with 13,000 cfs fuse plug)

• Right Bank Canal with design discharge of 209 cfs

• Distributaries : 02
• Minors : 03
• Sub-Minor : 01

• Left Bank Canal with design discharge of 179 cfs

• Distributaries : 03
• Minor : 01
• Sub-Minor : 01

• CCA = 89,500 Acres

• Water Allowance = 4.2 cfs

• Type of Lining = Concrete Lined

Layout of Irrigation & Drainage System
COST ESTIMATE
Bill
Description Amount (Rs.)
No.
A Civil Works  
34,734,920,040
1 Main Dam
3,299,337,540
2 Coffer Dam
2,093,316,637
3 Dyke

7,599,959,956
4 Slope Protection

12,161,338,412
5 Spillway

182,280,764
6 Power House (Civil Works)

9,943,988,702
7 Diversion Tunnels with Inlet and Outlet Structures

1,375,416,851
8 Diversion Wier

6,060,806,989
9 Irrigation system and related structures

7,887,119,396
Bill Description Amount (Rs.)
No.
B Mechanical Works

279,952,918
17 Mechanical Works of Hydraulic Structures

30,760,067
Mechanical Works of Hydraulic Structures of Command Area and
18
Diversion Structure
200,741,855
19 Mechanical Works of Power House

511,454,839
  Sub Total-B

C Electrical Works  
648,021,215
20 Electrical Works of Power House

780,370,227
21 Electrification of Dam, Office Area, Transmission line and Project Colony

1,428,391,443
  Sub Total-C

93,857,792,155
  Total (A+B+C)

 
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
 Economic Analysis
Results of Economic Analysis (@ 12% Discount Rate)

With Emission Without Emission

Economic Indicators
Reduction Benefits Reduction Benefits

Present Worth of Benefits (Rs. Million)

68,035.38 67,571.76

Present Worth of Costs (Rs. Million)

63,152.34 63,152.34

Net Present Value (Rs. Million)

4,883.04 4,419.42

B/ C Ratio
1.077 1.070

IERR (Percent)
12.67 12.61
Thank You