Kataik Dam is a dam

Dam

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

 in Paung Township

Paung Township

Paung Township is a township of Thaton District in the Mon State of Myanmar....

, Thaton District

Thaton District

Thaton District is a district of the Mon State in Myanmar. The capital is Thaton town.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Thaton Township*Paung Township*Kyaikto Township*Bilin Township...

, Mon State

Mon State

Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is sandwiched between Kayin State on the east, the Andaman Sea on the west, Bago Region on the north and Tanintharyi Region on the south, and has a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is...

, Burma. It was completed in 2007 and became the 198th dam in Burma and the 10th in Mon State, opening on May 1. It is operated by the Irrigation Department of the Burmese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation nand is intended to benefit 10000 acres (40.5 km²) of farmlands and facilitate regional socio-economic development as part of an overall coordinated state development in Mon State. Agricultural productivity is important to the economy of the region, not only for trade but for ensuring an adequate food supply.