5/5 Muhammad Ali S. 3 years ago on Google
Attabad
Lake is
a
lake
in Gojal
Valley, Hunza, Gilgit
Baltistan,
Pakistan The
lake
was
created
in
January
2010
as
a
result
of
the
Attabad
Disaster.Attabad
Lake
has
become
one
of
the
biggest
tourist
attractions
in
Gilgit-Baltistan
offering
activities
like
boating,
jet
skiing,
fishing
and
other
recreational
activities.The
lake
was
formed
when Attabad Village
in Hunza
Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan had
a
landslide,
14
kilometres
(9 mi)
upstream
(east)
of Karimabad that
occurred
on
4
January
2010.[4] The
landslide
killed
twenty
people
and
blocked
the
flow
of
the Hunza
River for
five
months.
The
lake
flooding
has
displaced
6,000
people
from
upstream
villages,
stranded
(from
land
transportation
routes)
a
further
25,000,[5] and
inundated
over
19
kilometres
(12 mi)
of
the Karakoram
Highway.[1] The
lake
reached
21
kilometres
(13 mi)
long
and
over
100
metres
(330 ft)
in
depth
by
the
first
week
of
June
2010
when
it
began
flowing
over
the
landslide
dam,
completely
submerging
lower
Shishkat
and
partly
flooding Gulmit.The subdivision of Gojal has
the
greatest
number
of
flooded
buildings,
over
170
houses,
and
120
shops.
The
residents
also
had
shortages
of
food
and
other
items
due
to
the
blockage
of
the Karakoram
Highway.
By
4
June
water
outflow
from
the
lake
had
increased
to
100 m3/s
(3,700 cu ft/s).
Water
levels
continued
to
rise
in
18
June
2010
caused
by
a
difference
in
the
outflow
and
inflow
of
the
new
lake.
As
bad
weather
continued,
the
supply
of
food,
medicine
and
other
goods
was
stopped
as
all
forms
of
transportation
including
helicopter
service
to
Hunza
could
not
resume.
Victims
of
the
landslide
and
expansion
of
the
lake
staged
a
sit-in
protesting
the
lack
of
government
action
and
compensation
payments
to
them.
As
a
result
of
the
damming
of
Hunza
River,
five
villages
north
of
the
barrier
were
flooded.
One
village,
Ayeenabad,
was
completely
submerged.
Major
portions
of
another
village,
Shishkat,
was
also
submerged.
Around
40%
of
the
village
of
Gulmit,
which
also
serves
as
the
headquarters
of
Gojal
Valley,
was
also
submerged.
Significant
portions
of
land
in
Hussaini
and
Ghulkin
villages
of
Gojal
also
got
submerged
as
a
result
of
the
surging
lake.
The
entire
population
of
Hunza
and
Gojal
valley,
up
to
25,000
individuals,
were
affected
as
a
result
of
the
lake,
due
to
difficulties
of
road
access
and
reaching
business
markets
and
loss
of
land,
houses,
and
agricultural
products.