{"id":54444,"date":"2019-08-18T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54444"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:19:27","slug":"monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams.html","title":{"rendered":"Monsoon rains fill Simly, Khanpur, Rawal Dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Simly Dam, Khanpur Dam, and Rawal Dam &#8211; the three dams which supply water to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad &#8211; are now full after the monsoon spells received over the past few weeks, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-karachi-dams-collect-record-176-million-gallons-of-rain-water.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bahria Town Karachi dams collect record 176 million gallons of rain water<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dams collectively have enough water to provide uninterrupted supply to both cities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hub-dam-filled-with-one-years-water-supply-for-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an entire year<\/a>. Thus, the threat of water shortage in both cities has also been avoided.<\/p>\n<p>The Rawal Dam currently has 1751 acres feet of water stored in it, while its total capacity is 1752 acres feet. It has been drained of excess water twice just this month. The Khanpur Dam currently has 1900 acres feet of water out of a total capacity of 1920 acres feet, while the Simly Dam has reached its total capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hub-dams-water-level-rises-after-rains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hub Dam\u2019s water level rises after rains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These numbers might still increase as the monsoon season has not ended yet. It is expected that the Rawal Dam will likely have to be drained of excess water once more during this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Simly Dam, Khanpur Dam, and Rawal Dam &#8211; the three dams which supply water to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad &#8211; are now full after the monsoon spells received over the past few weeks, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Bahria Town Karachi dams collect record 176 million gallons of rain water The dams collectively have enough water to provide uninterrupted supply to both cities for an entire year. Thus, the threat of water shortage in both cities has also been avoided. The Rawal Dam currently has 1751 acres feet of water stored in it, while its total capacity is 1752 acres feet. It has been drained of excess water twice just this month. The Khanpur Dam currently has 1900 acres feet of water out of a total capacity of 1920 acres feet, while the Simly Dam has reached its total capacity. Read:\u00a0Hub Dam\u2019s water level rises after rains These numbers might still increase as the monsoon season has not ended yet. It is expected that the Rawal Dam will likely have to be drained of excess water once more during this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":46285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12610],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monsoon rains fill Simly, Khanpur, Rawal Dams - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: Simly Dam, Khanpur Dam, and Rawal Dam - the three dams which supply water to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad - are now full after\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monsoon rains fill Simly, Khanpur, Rawal Dams - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: Simly Dam, Khanpur Dam, and Rawal Dam - the three dams which supply water to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad - are now full after\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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