Hanna Lake

Hanna Lake is in the hills close to where the Urak Valley begins ten kilometers east of Quetta city. The reservoir was constructed in 1894 during the British Colonial era on the land of local tribesmen, and is one of the main attractions in the city and a great historical bridge wall between two mountains the depths like battlements of a fort for storing of water.
There is a lakeside restaurant with picnic tables shaded by pine trees at the end of the river where families can enjoy the food and weather on the eastern part the Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy (HDWSA) the rowing, canoeing, kayaking and sailing training and championships organizing center in Balochistan Province with provision of swimming facility. Hanna Lake is one of the most visited and accessible lake in Balochistan.
In 1894, the small action dam Surkhpull (Red Bridge) was constructed on main Urak road to control flood and divert water catastrophically into Hanna Lake coming from the Zarghoon Ghar and Murddar Mountains Koh-i-Murdaar streams, snow melting and rains through its main canal,
In 1970 heavy flood destroyed the Murdar Mountains recharge linked canal on way to surkhpull near Spin Kaarrez road which has not been (Restored) reconstructed till date.
On May 2016 the heavy flood filled this small action dam Surkhpull with mud and stones resultantly all the streams and floods water are going waste and there is no chance to regulate water conservancy to Hanna lake without the Restoration, Desilting of surkhpull and both main cannels on the other hand the water level in Hanna Lake is going deadly low the natural eco system wild life, environment of the surrounding, natives along with hundreds of migrated birds and thousands of fish are and the future of the Athletes of Rowing is much brighterin near future.
The environmental scientists, Speleologists and the Conservationist are looking the future of the lake in most dangerous condition and the current harmful environment situations will badly effect the natural eco system, environment, underground water level of the surroundings, trees, wild life, hundreds of migrated birds and thousands of fish in Hanna Lake and valleys.
But the bright side is awareness is increasing and need to control the climate change......
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