Thursday 17 May 2012
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HUNZA: The explosives will be used to broaden the spillway to increase the water discharge from Attabad Lake, Geo News reported on Tuesday. However, Chairman NDMA has rejected the reports.According to sources, high officials along with NESPAK engineers and experts will visit the Attabad Lake and spillway to review the situation.
GILGIT-BALTISTAN: The schedule of intermediate examinations still stand unchanged despite the imminent danger of massive flood in Gilgit, Hunza and Gojal; all the examinations will take place as per schedule.The water level at the accident-accelerated Lake rose by two more feet; but, no extraordinary outpouring from the spillway was witnessed.
GILGIT: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani is personally monitoring the rise of water level in Atta Abad Hunza lake.This was stated by Commander of the Armed forces in Gilgit-Baltistan, Major General Qamar Javed Bajwa in a news briefing here Wednesday. He said the land sliding was not a new phenomena in...
HUNZA : The rain spell continued overnight splashing across the entire Hunza valley including Atta Abad, triggering the fears regarding further surge at the Lake. The overnight heavy downpours have given rise to apprehension regarding earlier outpouring from the Lake prior to the government deadline.
HUNZA: The water level in the artificially formed 16km-long lake on the River Hunza has reached dangerous level as further landslides are exacerbating threat that the lake may burst its banks. The water level has surged further by 5 feet to 357 feet in the lake, just six feet below of water spillways created...