Chotiari Dam is
an artificial water reservoir It is locate 35 km away from Sanghar city in
the province of Sindh
Chotiari
lake has rich biodiversity and a junction complex of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of deep water, shallow marshes,
riverine forest, ephemeral channels, agriculture land and sand dunes Chotiari compassing north western flanks of
'Achro Thar' desert sand dunes that forms its north eastern & eastern
boundaries and images a consoling picture in contrast with quaint rainbow
beauty of charming hamlets with artistic cone-shaped straw cottages, encircled
with silken sand dunes and eastern edge of lower
Nara
Canal which forms its western and southern margins with an astonishing nature
view of riverine forest
and agriculture lands with colorful bird.
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| Nara Caaal |
Chotiari is a unique system of lakes, swamps, sand
dunes; the islands, old trees and wetlands in the adjoining patches 120 feet existed in the lakes. of Achro Thar, lower Nara canal and sand dunes elevated upto sand dunes elevated
upto 120 feet existed in the lakes.
It is also
wetland and habitation of birds, reptiles and small mammals.It was having a
significant population of Chinkara, Houbara, bustard, Desert cat, Fishing cat,
Caracal, Porcupine, Wild boar, Mangrove, Desert hare, Foxes, Jackal, wild ases
and Squirrels In the same sequence, it was considered a safe sanctuary for hog
dear, python and various extinct species and nesting & feeding grounds for
a variety of resident and enormous migratory Siberian birds, out of which
marbled teal was using it as breeding place. Chotiari has also a unique
opportunity to be the home place of Sindh warbler which is endemic to Sindh
Chotiari
Dam has a rare ecosystem Inside the Chotiari is nature at its best
providing a sanctuary for migratory birds, a heaven for star gazers, home to
different species of fish.
Chotiari
Dam can be accessed from two different sides. One is to reach Jamrao Head, locally
called “Mundh Jamrao” which is approximately 80 km from Nawabshah city, and then take
road along with Ranto Canal, a tributary of Nara Canal to reach north embankment.
The second option is to go to Sanghar city and then reach Achro, the official
entrance of Chotiari reservoir.
Before the construction of reservoir this site was
home to few natural lakes were fed by tributaries of Nara Canal
The
main purpose of construction this dam is discharging saline water of Left Bank
Outfall Drain (LBOD). The dam is extended to 24300 acres with storage capacity
of 0.75 million acre feet
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