KARACHI: The water supply to Karachi was suspended on Saturday after a breach occurred in the Hub Canal, which carries water from the dam to the city. According to details, a five feet wide breach in the Hub Dam canal coming from Balochistan disrupted the water supply to the port city. A team of WAPDA immediately reached the spot for repair work. However, according to the WAPDA spokesperson, the repair work in the Hub canal has been completed and water supply was restored to Karachi \u201cKarachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB) is providing 76 million of gallons water to Karachi from Hub Dam,\u201d he said, adding that the supply would get better in the evening.<\/p>\n
It is worth mentioning here that residents of Karachi are already facing
\nwater shortages amid scorching weather conditions. Karachi gets
\n100-million gallons of water daily from the Dam.<\/p>\n
The catchment area of Hub River is spread over hundreds of kilometers in
\nBalochistan and Sindh. The Hub Dam, located 56 km from Karachi with a
\ntotal capacity of 339 feet, is extended to 24,300 acres with a gross
\nstorage capacity of 8,57,000 acre-feet water.<\/p>\n
It is Pakistan\u2019s third-largest dam and an important source of water
\nsupply to Karachi. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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