Bazai Irrigation Project was initially conceived as a lift Irrigation Scheme in 1992.
Land of Bazai valley was proposed to be irrigated through pumping from Shamozai Disty.
Construction of Malakand-III HPP at a higher altitude made it possible to command the Bazai area through gravity flow.
Feasibility study was conducted in the year 2003-04. Based on feasibility study original PC-I amounting to Rs. 1599.84 (M) was approved by ECNEC on 21-08-2006.
Due to high cost of consultancy and land acquisition, revised PC-I for Rs. 1762.62 millions was got approved from ECNEC on 30-03-2009.
Consultancy services were awarded to M/S BAK and Ages Consultants (JV), Peshawar, on 15-12-2008. Phase-I of the Consultancy services for “survey, investigations and detailed design” commenced on January 01-,
2009 and has been completed on 28th Feb, 2010.
For construction, the project was divided into three packages namely A, B & C.
Project estimate for all the packages were framed on CSR 2009 & prevailing market rate for non scheduled items.
Package A, B & C were awarded in the months of October, March & July 2010 respectively.
2nd Revised PC-I amounting to Rs. 3400.661 (M) has been approved by the ECNEC on 16/08/2012.
