KTS HariPUR •ิ.• RocKerS
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â•šâ•— â—!About Khalabat TownShip!â—â•”â•
Khalabat Township was established in the north-east of the district Haripur between haripur city and Tarbella Lake when over 135 villages with 96,000 peoples came underwater due to the construction of Tarbela dam. Residential construction started in 1974 although the township was constructed according to an urban plan prepared by WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan) , actually lay out design of Khalabat township is similar to sectors of Islamabad but faulty planning has resulted in total mismanagement of the scheme. Some of the resident are the richest people .
â•šâ•— â—!History!â—â•”â•
Residential construction started in 1974, inhabitants of KTS are affectee of Tarbela Dam, about 82,000 acres (330 km2) land was acquired for its construction. The large reservoir of the dam submerged 135 villages, which resulted in displacement of a population of about 96,000 people from the richest green valley of the area, Effectees of Tarbella Dam resides in Khalabat Township, Kangra Colony (in Haripur on Hattar Road), Punjab and Sindh provinces.
The town was named after the village Khalabat which had submerged in the Tarbela lake. Majority of the people in Khalabat village were Pathans, It was famous for citrus fruit gardens. A village by the same name inhabited by the same people also exist in Swabi District. The name Khalabat is a combination of two words 'Khala' and 'Bat'. Khala means upright and bat means stone. There was a ten feet high stone column erected in the ground of Khalabat. Famous villages that got submerged were, Tarbela, Dheeri, Khalabat, Jahar, Luqmania, Jathoo, Dari, Anorra, Laloo Gali, Kundreala, Kiya, Khabal, Mumaiya etc.
The affectees were adjusted in present KTS and Kangra Colony Haripur and District Swabi. Some people were alloted land in southern Punjab and Sindh; however, only the influentials were able to take possessions and the entitlements.
â•šâ•— â—!Tribes!â—â•”â•
Dilazak, Syeds ( Mostly Tirmazi syeds), Uthmanzai, Gujjars, Tanoli, Shaikh, Tahirkheli, Tareen, Akazai,Bakhshi khel, Quraishi, Abbasi, Awans,
â•šâ•— â—!Language!â—â•”â•
Language spoken is Hindko and Urdu, a very small portion of population speaks Pashto.
â•šâ•— â—!Famous places!â—â•”â•
Chaman Park, Akhtar Nawaz Khan Stadium and Tarbela Lake. Lake is a picnic spot, boats can be hired by the visitors to have a tour of the Tarbela Lake, these can be seen standing at the sides when reached by road from Haripur. Also local people use them to get to the villages at the mountains for fishing and hunting...!!!
Source :wikipedia"
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