OUR CORESPONDENT
KHAN PUR Owing to continuous heavy downpour in Hazara division, Khanpur Dam filled almost to its maximum conservation level on Friday forced the Khanpur Dam authorities to open the spillways of the dam third time during the month of April. Due to continuous heavy dow npour inGalyat, Saidpur,Khanpur and other hilly areas of Abbottabad, Haripur districts, the water in the reservoir touched to1981.65 feet, whereas the maximum conservation level of the dam is 1,982 feet. This was the third time of the current month when the authorities were forced to open the spillways till the discharge of more than 6,600 cusecs water.