Project Overview
Kas Umar Khan is an old inundation canal which
off-takes from left bank of river Kurram downstream of railway bridge at Dara
Tang and irrigates a part of the project area during rabi season only. It was
built in the year 1878 by Khawaneens of the area as a private inundation canal
with an initial capacity of 64 cusecs at head. The canal was taken over by the
Civil Administration in 1906 to improve its working and this control was later
transferred to Punjab irrigation and Power Department on 10.4.1986. The
capacity of the canal was raised to 90 cusecs at head in 1986-87 to meet the
water requirement of Afghan Refugees Camps located in the project area.