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Khanpur Dam | |
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Official name | خان پور ڈیم |
Country | Pakistan |
Location | Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Coordinates | 33°48′25″N 72°56′10″E / 33.807°N 72.936°E |
Purpose | Supply of drinking and irrigation water to the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1984 |
Construction cost | 1.385 billion Pakistani rupees (Equivalent to ₨26.4 billion in 2021) |
Dam and spillways | |
Height | 51 m (167 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Khanpur Lake |
Total capacity | 79,980 acre⋅ft (98,650,000 m3) |
The Khanpur Dam is located on the Haro River in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about 50 km from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.[1] It forms Khanpur Lake, a reservoir that supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi and irrigation water to many of the agricultural and industrial areas surrounding the cities.
The dam was completed in 1983 after a 15-year construction period, at a cost of ₨1,385.1 million.[2] It is 51 m (167 ft) high and stores 79,980 acre-feet (98,650,000 m3) of water.[3][2]
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