Winder Dam

Winder Dam is a proposed small, low-head, earth core rockfill, hydroelectric power generation dam of 0.3 megawatt (MW) generation capacity, located across Winder River about 100 km from Karachi in Lasbela District, Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Live storage of the reservoir is 36,167 acre feet of which will be annually available for developing irrigated agriculture.

Damming the flow of Winder River will save the loss of life and property in the area.

The project will bring general uplift of the people in the area by creation of employment and business opportunities.

These indirect benefits, such as employment opportunities and consequent rise in the living standard of the people, socio-economic uplift, poverty reduction and women emancipation however cannot be quantified in monetary term.