It will be completed within 3 years, and allow the irrigation of 16,000 acres of land in North Waziristan Agency, while about 18MW of electricity will be generated.

The complete system will irrigate a command area of 84,380 acres and have hydro-power generation capacity of 83.4 MW.

The dam is also designed to supplement 278,000 acres of existing system of Civil and Marwat Canals.

Italy offered US$45 Million for Command Area Development to be executed by FATA Secretariat.

On June 7, 2016, the Contract Agreement was signed and the Engineer's Order to Commence was issued a week later.