Khanpur Dam

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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.[1]

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  1. ^ Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Dams. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.


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The lands around the lake are gradually being bought up for weekend homes by the elite of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Land prices are skyrocketing.

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