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Mangla Dam

Pakistan / Punjab / Jhelum /
 dam, hydroelectric power station/plant, draw only border
Mangla Dam is the twelveth largest dam in the world. The main dam is 10,300 feet (3140 m) long and 454 feet (138 m) high (above core trench) with a reservoir of 97.7 square miles (253 km²).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangla_Dam
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Coordinates:   33°8'37"N   73°40'5"E

Comments

  • awam (guest)
    THE COMMENT ABOVE SAID THE PEOPLE OF MIRPUR WHO WERE EFFECTED BY THIS DAM WERE GIVEN WORK PERMET TO SETTLE IN UK.THERE WERE ONLY 320 PERMETS ALTOGETHER FROM WHICH HALF WERE SOLD TO PAKISTANI NATIONAL,PEOPLE FROM MIRPUR START SETTLING BEFORE 1947.THEY USE TO WORK AS SEA MAN ON MERCHANT NAVY,AND THEY STARTED SETTLING IN UK .THAN THESE PEOPLE HELP THEIR RELIATIVES TO SETTLE IN UK .THERE WAS ONLY ONE PASSPORT OFFICE IN KARACHI TO ISSUE PASSPORTS.MIRPURI PEOPLE HAD TO TRAVEL TO KARACHI TOGET THE PASSPORT.ALOT OF PEOPLE USE GET ROBBED BY PAKISTANI POLICE.THIS CONTINUE UNTIL 1962. AFTER THAT PEOPLE START CALLING THEIR FAMILIES AND CHILDRENS.THEN IT CONTINUE UP TO NOW ,PEOPLE OF MIRPUR WORKED HARD AND CREATED THIS WEALTH FROM WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE JELIOUS OF MIRPURI PEOPLES
  • down with pakistan (guest)
    pakistan never looks after its own people and expects loyalty from them and whats even more laughable is that it expects the outside world to respect them too. Can you blame the US for not respecting pakistan's sovereignty when it is such a 'beghairat' country?
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