Vigilance improves Khanpur dam water supply

Reduction due to water theft from 18-kilometre long open water channel

RAWALPINDI: The water supply to garrison city from Khanpur dam has returned to normal on Tuesday after Capital Development Authority (CDA) increased vigilance of the open water supply channel.

The residents of cantonment areas were facing extreme difficulties as they were suffering a cut of three million gallon per day (MGD) of water supply from Khanpur Dam.

The reduction was due to water theft from 18-kilometre long open water channel. There was no security mechanism for the channel, due to which water theft had become a routine.

The dam was a source of drinking water for the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Currently, eight million MGD was supplied to the CDA.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2019.