Moazzam Ali Khan, Aamir Alamgir, S. Shahid Shaukat, Atif Shahzad, Waqar Ahmed and Arshad Ali Beg
Abstract
A devastating landslide at Attaabad in Gilgit–Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan took place on January 24, 2010 that obliterated the
village Atta Abad killing 20 persons, and creating a lake on the Hunza River. This lake grew to more than 23 km length and
submerged a 22-km stretch of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), a trade route for consumer goods from China. About 5,000 families in
the Upper Hunza Valley were isolated from the rest of the country. Many upstream villages including Ainabad, Shishkat, Gulmit and
Hussaini were evacuated due to rising water levels in the lake. The present study focused on the public health quality of Attaabad lake
water. Samples were collected from the lake to determine the physical and chemical quality of the lake water. All the samples were
found fit for human consumption chemically or microbiologically. However, the lake needs immediate protection from anthropogenic
pollution which is likely to occur in future and may effect the down stream population.
Moazzam Ali Khan, Aamir Alamgir, S. Shahid Shaukat, Atif Shahzad, Waqar Ahmed and Arshad Ali Beg . (2011) PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF ATTAABAD LAKE WATER OF GILGITBALTISTAN, PAKISTAN, , Volume 08, Issue 3.
