{"id":62993,"date":"2020-03-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62993"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T07:37:33","slug":"khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Authorities open Khanpur Dam spillways for second time in one week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxila: The Khanpur Dam management recently opened the facility\u2019s spillways for the second time in one week in order to create room for fresh water inflows, according to a news report. According to officials, the dam\u2019s water level had reached the \u2018danger\u2019 zone \u2013 causing the body to consider this course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-cm-issues-directive-construction-small-dams-reservoirs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Punjab CM issues directive for construction of small dams, reservoirs (opens in a new tab)\"> Punjab CM issues directive for construction of small dams, reservoirs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, heavy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"rains (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/monsoon-rains-fill-simly-khanpur-rawal-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\">rains<\/a> in catchment areas such as Murree, Ayubia, and hilly areas in Upper Hazara resulted in the accumulation of excessive amounts of water in the dam. Resultantly, the reservoir\u2019s water level touched 1,981.85 feet, whereas the maximum water conservation capacity of the dam is 1,982 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam officials had first opened the spillways on March 12, and released about 6,000 cusecs of water. On Wednesday, they opened these spillways for the second time to bring the water level down to 1,980 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/immediate-preparation-of-small-dams-feasibility-studied-ordered.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Immediate preparation of small dams\u2019 feasibility studied ordered (opens in a new tab)\">Immediate preparation of small dams\u2019 feasibility studied ordered<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the administration, this measure will prevent\nan emergency situation in the surrounding areas, prevent infrastructural damage\nto the dam, and protect populated areas situated on the banks of the Haro\nRiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, officials of the Water and Power Development\nAuthority (WAPDA) revealed that the water inflow levels were recorded to be 1,216.24\ncusecs, and the total outflow from the main canal for municipal and\nagricultural purposes stood at 135.18 cusecs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxila: The Khanpur Dam management recently opened the facility\u2019s spillways for the second time in one week in order to create room for fresh water inflows, according to a news report. According to officials, the dam\u2019s water level had reached the \u2018danger\u2019 zone \u2013 causing the body to consider this course. Read: Punjab CM issues directive for construction of small dams, reservoirs Previously, heavy rains in catchment areas such as Murree, Ayubia, and hilly areas in Upper Hazara resulted in the accumulation of excessive amounts of water in the dam. Resultantly, the reservoir\u2019s water level touched 1,981.85 feet, whereas the maximum water conservation capacity of the dam is 1,982 feet. Dam officials had first opened the spillways on March 12, and released about 6,000 cusecs of water. On Wednesday, they opened these spillways for the second time to bring the water level down to 1,980 feet. Read: Immediate preparation of small dams\u2019 feasibility studied ordered According to the administration, this measure will prevent an emergency situation in the surrounding areas, prevent infrastructural damage to the dam, and protect populated areas situated on the banks of the Haro River. Moreover, officials of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) revealed that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":62998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[5643,23638,23637,23639],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-62993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-khanpur-dam","tag-reservoir","tag-spillways","tag-water-level","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Khanpur Dam spillways oepned once again - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Khanpur Dam&#039;s spillways have been opened the second time in a week to prevent any disasters from happening due to its high water level.\" \/>\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\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Khanpur Dam spillways oepned once again - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Khanpur Dam&#039;s spillways have been opened the second time in a week to prevent any disasters from happening due to its high water level.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"atif_zameen_dev\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-23T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shanzay Asim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shanzay Asim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Khanpur Dam spillways oepned once again - Zameen News","description":"Khanpur Dam's spillways have been opened the second time in a week to prevent any disasters from happening due to its high water level.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Khanpur Dam spillways oepned once again - Zameen News","og_description":"Khanpur Dam's spillways have been opened the second time in a week to prevent any disasters from happening due to its high water level.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_author":"atif_zameen_dev","article_published_time":"2020-03-23T05:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shanzay Asim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shanzay Asim","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html"},"author":{"name":"Shanzay Asim","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dc09f6a56ad726f905dc04521368fd45"},"headline":"Authorities open Khanpur Dam spillways for second time in one week","datePublished":"2020-03-23T05:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html"},"wordCount":233,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg","keywords":["Khanpur Dam","reservoir","spillways","water level"],"articleSection":["Infrastructure"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html","name":"Khanpur Dam spillways oepned once again - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-23T05:00:00+00:00","description":"Khanpur Dam's spillways have been opened the second time in a week to prevent any disasters from happening due to its high water level.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Khanpur-Dam.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/khanpur-dam-spillways-open-second-time-one-week.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Authorities open Khanpur Dam spillways for second time in one week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/dc09f6a56ad726f905dc04521368fd45","name":"Shanzay Asim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d48096a6a4132dfadc6dec92fed23d238b12d0d1ae004dec64919017069f6321?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d48096a6a4132dfadc6dec92fed23d238b12d0d1ae004dec64919017069f6321?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d48096a6a4132dfadc6dec92fed23d238b12d0d1ae004dec64919017069f6321?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shanzay Asim"},"description":"Shanzay Asim is a content developer at Zameen.com.","sameAs":["atif_zameen_dev"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/shanzay-asim"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62999,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993\/revisions\/62999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62993"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=62993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}