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Posted by: noorie Sep 25 2007, 07:56 PM

Posted by: lakshmi Sep 26 2007, 08:05 AM

Beautiful pictures Noorie.

Lakshmi

Posted by: venkat Sep 26 2007, 09:15 AM

Forgive my geography, but is it Indus River?

Venkat

PS. Can one get a hint of your location from these nice photos!

Posted by: noorie Sep 26 2007, 09:50 AM

Thanks 4 stopping by Lakshmi and Venkat, as well as 4 liking the pixs.

Here's what you wanted 2 know Venkat:

These pixs are of the Khanpur Dam / Lake which is a dam located on the Haro River near the town of Khanpur, about 25 miles from Islamabad, Pakistan.
It forms Khanpur Lake, a reservoir which supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi and irrigation water to many of the agricultural and industrial areas surrounding the cities. The dam was named after the former Khanpur village, which was submerged by the reservoir, so a new Khanpur town has been built downstream of the Dam.

The dam was completed in 1983 after a 15-year construction period believed to have cost Rs. 1,352 million. It is 167 feet high and stores 110,000 acre-feet of water.

It is an ideal place for a day trip / picnic, boating, angling and watching migratory birds during winter.

Noorie

Posted by: noorie Sep 26 2007, 09:53 AM

More pixs:

Posted by: Reeth Sep 26 2007, 03:32 PM

Noorie absolutely beautiful pictures...and i don't understand how i missed them yesterday?

Have you been there? Just imagine going trekking there.... Great!!

Posted by: pinky Sep 26 2007, 08:35 PM

Lovely pics noorie, looks so peaceful

Posted by: RafiKiAwaaz Sep 26 2007, 10:09 PM

Wow!! What a place, so peaceful and so far away. I hope nobody ruins it.
RKA

Posted by: Harjinder Sep 26 2007, 11:46 PM

Hi Noorie
Thanks for such beautiful pictures. Next time I visit South Asia, one of my stops (God willing) would be this area. I had studied about Taxila in high school history books in India but right now could not remember its location. Thanks for the information and beautiful pictures. Harjinder

Posted by: pinky Oct 5 2007, 11:56 AM

Noorie hope you dont mind my adding some pics..

Mountain ranges Taxila


Archeological findings in Taxila




World heritage site,Taxila

Posted by: noorie Oct 5 2007, 03:15 PM

Pinkz, you're to consider this thread as your own. Many thanks 4 adding the new pixs.

Noorie

Posted by: pinky Oct 5 2007, 08:32 PM

Thank you noorie..

Posted by: lakshmi Oct 6 2007, 03:21 AM

Pinky,

Awesome pictures. Thanks a lot.

Lakshmi

Posted by: pinky Oct 6 2007, 12:42 PM

Most welcome Lakshmi

Posted by: prakash_krin Oct 15 2007, 09:25 AM

nice pics

Posted by: prakash_krin Oct 15 2007, 09:27 AM

nice pics