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A Seminar on Innovative Construction Techniques by the Urban Unit and Planning & Development Department, Punjab Government Presentation Theme Construction of Rubber Dam in River Sutlej near Bahawalpur Inflatable rubber weirs have been used worldwide and may have a life of over 30 years. China has installed over 3,000 inflatable rubber weirs for improving water management in the river systems. Irrigation department shared this idea of constructing rubber dams with the World Bank Missions for ongoing Punjab barrages Improvement Phase-II (PBIP-II) Project. The Bank appreciated and agreed to finance the implementation of an inflatable rubber dam project on Sutlej or Ravi rivers as pilot project out of the expected saving from the IBRD loan for PBIP-II. Irrigation Department asked the Project Implementation Consultants (JV of M/S ACE, NESPAK and SMEC) for PBIP-II to carry out feasibility study, detailed design and construction supervision of rubber dam project. The consultants have studied three sites on Ravi (Okara Faisalabad Bridge) and Sutlej River (Bahawalnagar Road Bridge and Bahawalpur Road Bridge N5). With socio-political and acceptability considerations PID has selected the Bahawalpur Lodhran Road Bridge site on river Sutlej for the construction of such a facility. Consequent upon the success of this pilot project, a series of similar nature project would be replicated in the remaining reaches of river Sutlej and Ravi for revival of the ecological life and improvement of ground water quality at wider scale. About the Presenter Dr. Tabassum Zahoor Deputy Regional Head Associated Consulting Engineers-ACE Dr. Tabassum Zahoor is the Deputy Regional Head of Associated Consulting Engineers - ACE (Pvt.) Limited. He has been working for more than 35 years, with local and international organizations, in the field of water resources. His experience includes planning, design, evaluation and construction of dams, barrages & hydro power projects. Dr. Zahoor has a Civil Engineering degree from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. A master degree in the field of Water Resources Development from AIT, Thailand and a Ph.D. in the field of Hydraulic Engineering from Colorado State University, USA. Dr Zahoor has got advanced training in hydro power development from ICH, Norway and computer modeling of flow & sediment transport from Delft, the Netherlands.