Yuksel Insaat Saudia Co Ltd has been awarded the contract by the Ministry of Water and Electricity. The catchment area of Murwani dam is 2762km2 and on completion of the work, the height of the main structure will be 101m.
The project will be completed in 2009 and is part of the government’s plan to build five dams at a total cost of over US$260M within the next few years.
The Turkish company is currently building the US$52M Baysh dam in Jizan under the Ministry of Water and Electricity.
The dam is located about 500m from the junction of Yakhref and Baysh valley in Jizan. It is expected that the dam will help to prevent flash floods.
