Hub Dam

{{Short description|Dam in Balochistan, Pakistan}}

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| name = Hub Dam

| name_official = {{Nastaliq|حب ڈیم }}

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| coordinates = {{Coord|25|15|21|N|67|6|51|E|type:landmark_region:PK|display=inline,title}}

| country = Pakistan

| location = Sindh-Balochistan provincial border
{{convert|45|km|mi}} north-east of Karachi

| purpose = Municipal
Industrial
Irrigation{{cite web|title=Hub Dam|url=http://www.wapda.gov.pk/index.php/projects/water-sector/operational/hub-dam|access-date=3 June 2017|language=en-gb}}

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| construction_began = {{Start date|1963|09}}

| opening = {{Start date|1981|06}}

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| cost = {{PKRConvert|1191.806|m}}

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| operator = WAPDA

| dam_type = F

| dam_crosses = Hub river
Shoring Nullah

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| res_capacity_total = {{convert|abbr=on| 687276|acre.ft|km3}}{{cite web|title=Hub Dam – Main Features|url=http://www.wapda.gov.pk/index.php/wapda-events/item/113-main-features|access-date=3 June 2017|language=en-gb}}

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| res_catchment = {{convert|3410|mi2|km2}}

| res_surface = {{convert|29.06|mi2|km2}}

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_date = 10 May 2001

| designation1_number = 1064{{Cite web|title=Hub Dam|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1064|access-date=25 April 2018}}}}

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File:Spillway of Hub Dam.jpg

Hub Dam ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|حب ڈیم }}}}) is a reservoir on the Hub River. It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Hub District on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border. The dam is extended to 24300 acres with gross storage capacity of 857000 acre feet. It is Pakistan's fifth-largest dam.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=The List of Famous Dams in Pakistan {{!}} Blog {{!}} AH Group |url=https://ahgroup-pk.com/blog/dams-in-pakistan/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=AH BLOG |language=en-US}} It is an important source that provides the drinking water to the metropolitan city Karachi.{{cite web |url=http://www.sindhwildlife.com.pk/protectedareas/hubdam.htm |title=Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=Sindh Wildlife Department |access-date=May 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627125204/http://www.sindhwildlife.com.pk/protectedareas/hubdam.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2013 }}

In 1974, the government of Sindh declared the area around dam as a wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary is about 27219 hectors in size. It is favorable area for feeding and nesting for Cranes, Pelicans, Ducks and Waders. It also an important habitat of migratory birds. The Dam was designated a Ramsar site on 1 May 2001.

Hub Dam is also a tourist resort. On weekend holidays many people from Karachi visit to enjoy picnics, swimming and fishing. A rest house of WAPDA is also located there for tourists stay.

In August 2018, Wapda to enhance{{Cite web|date=2018-08-15|title=WAPDA to enhance Hub Dam's storage capacity|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1781760/2-wapda-enhance-hub-dams-storage-capacity|access-date=2020-08-28|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} Hub Dam's storage capacity and to set up small hydroelectric power project at the dam but due to negligence no ground work have started yet as of August 2020.