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Rawal Dam
If you are in Islamabad then you
must visit Rawal Dam located opposite Islamabad
Club. It is a lage artificial reservoir and main
source of water for residents of Islamabad and
Rawalpindi. Many people visit Rawal Lake, sit there
are relax. Sun set at Rawal lake is very beautiful.
The area round the lake has been planted with
flowering trees. Many picnic spots have also been
designed. There is a restaurant operated by PTDC and
it offers snack bar facilities for visitors. The
lake covers an area of 8.8 sq.km. YOu can enjoy
fishing as well as boating. The highest point in the
garden gives lovely view of the lake, Margalla &
Murree hills, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
Khanpur Dam
is a dam located on the Haro
River near the town of Khanpur, about 25 miles from
Islamabad, Pakistan. It forms Khanpur Lake, a
reservoir which supplies drinking water to Islamabad
and Rawalpindi and irrigation water to many of the
agricultural and industrial areas surrounding the
cities. The dam was named from the former Khanpur
village, which was submerged by the reservoir, so a
new Khanpur town has been built downstream of the
Dam.
The dam was completed in 1983 after a 15-year
construction period believed to have cost Rs. 1,352
million. It is 167 feet high and stores 110,000
acre-feet of water.
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