Hub Dam’s water level rose to 300 feet from 293 feet on Thursday after Dureji and Sakran areas in the southern Balochistan received heavy rainfall on Wednesday night.
Talking to The News, officials of the Hub Water Reservoir said that rains in Karachi and adjoining areas had little impact on recharging the water level but Wednesday’s rains in the catchment area contributed heavily in increasing the water level in the dam.
“Today Hub Dam received around 7 feet of water in one day and its level increased to 300 feet. Now we have enough water to last till December this year for both Lasbella District (Balochistan) and Karachi,” said Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Hub Dam Ahmed.
He expressed hope that more rains in the current monsoon season would help in filling the dam up to its maximum capacity.
The Hub Water Reservoir has a storage capacity of 0.75 million acre feet of water and if filled to capacity, the water store would be enough to last for three years.
Karachi gets 100 million gallons of water daily while Lasbella District is provided with 60 to 70 million gallons of water daily for irrigation and drinking purposes.
