Kohat

Kohat (Pashto: کوهاټ) is a medium sized town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 33°35'13N 71°26'29E with an altitude of 489 metres (1607 feet)[1] and is the capital of Kohat District. The town centres around a British-era fort, various bazaars, and a military cantonment. There are a number of tombs of famous personalities in the area, like the Sufi saint and teacher Haji Bahadar Ali Abdullah Shah alias Haji Bahadar Sahib and Mian Fateh Shah (Sherkot, Kohat). The town has many mosques and schools. A British-built narrow gauge railway runs through the town. Kohat Pass is to the north.

Due to demand from the people for a tunnel at the Kotal hills, the Government has recently sanctioned a huge amount for this project, benefiting all the southern districts. Tunnel was completed in 2004. The following are some salient features of the project.
Total project cost: 6626.75 millions
Total length of approached road: 29.8 kilometres
Length of north section: 7.7 kilometres
Length of south section: 22.20 kilometres
Length of tunnel: 1.89 kilometres
Width of tunnel: 10.3 meters
Black topped: 7.3 meters
Shoulders: 3.0 meters
Time of completion: 48 months

Tanda Dam kohat

Tanda Dam is located in Kohat District, Khyber PUKHTON KHWA Province, Pakistan.

The dam is used for irrigation, fishries and picnic which is constructed on the water of Kohat Toi River. At Kagazi village, river water is diverted towards Tanada dam.Although most of the shoreline is steep, stony and devoid of aquatic vegetation, at the west end there are some areas of gently shelving muddy shores with a small amount of emergent vegetation.

Tanda Dam construction was supported by President Ayub Khan. Agricultural lands from Tanada dam up to Jarma and Dohda Sharif are irrigated where vegitables, weat and sugar cane are cultivated.