the British to
convert the snow and rain water near spin kaarez coming from Murdar mount to
surrpull for filling of water in this lake. This channel was destroyed by the
heavy flood in 1976 and still not constructed and all the snow and rain water
is going waste till now and resultant the Hanna Lake was fully dried in 1999 to
January 2005. If Hanna Lake Development Authority (HLDA) the custodians of
Hanna Lake did not perform any action to bring water through surrpull the lake
will be soon dry again. The lake is located a little short of the place where
the Urak Valley begins and 14 km from Quetta. The beautiful Hanna Lake was
built in the time of British Empire in 1894. Golden fish in the lake come
swimming right up to the edge of the lake. There is a lakeside restaurant with
picnic tables shaded by pine trees. At one end, the irrigation dam rises out of
the depths like battlements of a fort, and on the eastern part the well known
Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy (HDWSA) the only rowing, canoeing, kayaking
and sailing training center in Balochistan Province.
From year 2000-2010 Hanna
Lake dried up and the natives along with hundreds of migrated birds were in
trouble.
However, in 2011 the lake
re-filled and once again gave rise to flora and fauna in its environment. The
turquoise waters of the lake provide a rich contrast to the sandy brown of the
hills in the background. One can promenade on the terraces or hire a boat and
paddle on the lake and round the island in the middle
