{"id":69837,"date":"2020-08-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69837"},"modified":"2020-08-28T23:48:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T18:48:15","slug":"torrential-rains-hub-dam-fills-to-capacity-after-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/torrential-rains-hub-dam-fills-to-capacity-after-13-years.html","title":{"rendered":"Torrential Rains: Hub Dam fills to capacity after 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Hub Dam on Thursday (Aug 27) was filled to its maximum capacity for the first time since 2007, owing to the recent influx of torrential rains in Balochistan and Sindh, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/addressing-firdous-market-underpass-drainage-crucial-ubran-flooding.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/addressing-firdous-market-underpass-drainage-crucial-ubran-flooding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addressing Firdous Market Underpass drainage issues crucial in avoiding ubran flooding in Gulberg: WASA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rainwater stored in the Hub Dam can now ensure a smooth supply of drinking water to the metropolis of Karachi for the next three years. The water level in the dam has increased up to 340 ft \u2013 and has begun to outflow from the spillways into the sea from near Mubarak Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last three days, the catchment area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hub-canal-repairs-update-water-supply-karachi-resumes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hub<\/a> Dam \u2013 which stretches up to the mountain range in Balochistan \u2013 has risen up to more than 9 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NDMA to initiate desilting of Karachi\u2019s storm drains<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the officials of Water &amp; Power Development Authority (WAPDA), more rainwater relays from the catchment area are reaching up to the dam. Officials of the Hub Dam Management Agency, WAPDA and irrigation department have been present on site in case of any emergency situation. The settlements below the dam have also been evacuated as a safety measure. Moreover, it is reported that over 30 feet of water have been filled into the dam after the recent rains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Hub Dam on Thursday (Aug 27) was filled to its maximum capacity for the first time since 2007, owing to the recent influx of torrential rains in Balochistan and Sindh, according to news sources. Read: Addressing Firdous Market Underpass drainage issues crucial in avoiding ubran flooding in Gulberg: WASA The rainwater stored in the Hub Dam can now ensure a smooth supply of drinking water to the metropolis of Karachi for the next three years. The water level in the dam has increased up to 340 ft \u2013 and has begun to outflow from the spillways into the sea from near Mubarak Village. In the last three days, the catchment area of Hub Dam \u2013 which stretches up to the mountain range in Balochistan \u2013 has risen up to more than 9 feet. Read: NDMA to initiate desilting of Karachi\u2019s storm drains As per the officials of Water &amp; Power Development Authority (WAPDA), more rainwater relays from the catchment area are reaching up to the dam. Officials of the Hub Dam Management Agency, WAPDA and irrigation department have been present on site in case of any emergency situation. The settlements below the dam have also been evacuated as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,20385],"tags":[38026],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-torrential-rains-hub-dam-fills-to-capacity-after-13-years","10":"cat-15181-id","11":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torrential Rains: Hub Dam fills to capacity after 13 years - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hub Dam was filled to its maximum capacity for the first time since 2007, owing to the recent influx of torrential rains in Balochistan and Sindh\" \/>\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\/torrential-rains-hub-dam-fills-to-capacity-after-13-years.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torrential Rains: Hub Dam fills to capacity after 13 years - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hub Dam was filled to its maximum capacity for the first time since 2007, owing to the recent influx of torrential rains in Balochistan and Sindh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/torrential-rains-hub-dam-fills-to-capacity-after-13-years.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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