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Latest Satellite image of Attabad Lake By NASA

The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of the landslide lake and its newly functioning spillway on July 7, 2010. North is to the right

Attabad affectees start evacuating camps

By Ijlal Hussain ( Hunzatimes)

HUNZA (HT): The IDPs residing in Altat camp started evacuating camps after flop talks with the government on Wednesday.

At least 500 out of 1200 affectees, mostly young men, started marching towards Attabad lake after the government rejected to provide relief package according to their wishes.

Attabad affectees reject relief package

By Ijlal Hussain (Editor Hunzatimes)
HUNZA (HT): The displaced people of Attabad Lake have rejected the relief package announced by the government, and decided to move to their villages.

Earlier the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had announced to pay Rs 6, 00000 per family but the displaced persons have not accepted this amount.

The villagers [...]

Wazir Baig asked Hunza’s administration to increase the number of boats

By Amir Ali

Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Wazir Baig has asked Hunza’s administration to increase the number of boats being used to carry people between Hunza and Gojal, officials said on Friday.

Baig issued these directives after hearing complaints of those affected by the Attabad lake. The speaker visited the area to inspect relief efforts [...]

Helicopter service resumes

By Ijlal Hussain(Editor Hunzatimes)
Helicopter service has resumed in Ataabad after a day’s suspension.The water discharge from Ataabad lake was recorded at 16,607 cusecs while the water inflow decreased to 4 inches due to bad weather.

The helicopter and boat service has been resumed in Ataabad which were suspended for the past two days due to heavy [...]

Boating now allowed in Attabad Hunza lake

Hunza(HT):HUNZA: Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Syed Mehdi Shah has permitted boating in Hunza Attaabad lake.

CM GB by keeping in view the posing difficulties of the inhabitants of Gojal and Hunza has permitted them for boating from both sides of the lake. He said boats would be used for traveling of passengers on both sides of [...]

Pictory : Army Helicopters supplying Food items

A Army helicopter with Food items for Gojal at Aliabad Hunza

Local Volunteers start work on widening the Ataabad Lake spillway

People widening Attabad Spilway

Hunza (HT) : The IDPs in Hunza have started widening the Ataabad Lake spillway on their own manpower.
People of Upper Shishkit and Gilmat have reached Ataabad via boats after a decline in the outflow of water from the Ataabad Lake. There they have started widening the lake spillway on their own.

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Helicopter service is feared to be discontinued today

The water level at a lake generated by natural disaster in Attabad area of Hunza is persistently rising, as it rose higher by one more inch on Monday. According to a private news channel quoting official sources, the glacier melting caused to further increase inflows into the Lake to 5600 cusecs with outflow standing at [...]

Inflow of water in the lake exceeded from 5,000 cusecs

By Ijlal Hussain(Hunzatimes)
HUNZA: The inflow and outflow of water in Hunza Lake is continue on surge whereas heli service in upper parts of the upper Hunza is going on today.

According to official sources, the inflow of water in the lake has been exceeded from 5,000 cusecs due to melting of glacier. More than 5,000 cusec [...]

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