Shakidor Dam

Shakidor Dam

The Shakidor (Shadi Kor) dam is located near Pasni, in the Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, 1,900 km (1,180 miles) from Islamabad. The dam is 148 meters (485 feet) long. It was built in 2003, at a cost of 45 million rupees ($758,853), to provide irrigation for nearby farms.

On February 10, 2005, the dam burst under the pressure of a weeks' worth of rain, killing at least 70 villagers and dragging their bodies into the Arabian Sea. Emergency search and rescue operations by the Pakistani military, saved approximately 1,200 people.

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