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How much did the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan cost to build, including remedial works?

Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is a large earth and rock-fill dam built by WAPDA with World Bank support, with construction of the main works starting in 1968 and the physical components completed in April 1976. A 1974-75 tunnel mishap during first filling required remedial works that finished in 1984. The World Bank's 1986 Project Completion Report puts the total project cost, including remedial works, at USD 1.497 billion against an initial estimate of USD 828 million; Wikipedia's USD 2.85 billion has no opened source.

Final project cost

$1.497 billion

Cost basis: 1984

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies near the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Aug. 27, 2010. Defense Department officials announced Aug. 30, 2010, the deployment of 18 helicopters to Pakistan from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Paul Duncan, U.S. Marine CorpsPublic domain

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Basis of the published figure

Final project cost1984
en.wikipedia.org

Project record

Timeline

  1. 1968

    Construction started

    documents1.worldbank.org

  2. 1 April 1976

    Completed

    World Bank Operations Evaluation Department (Project Completion Report 6398)

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