View of sobra city colony (1970)
I believe time can change everything, the buildings, infrastructure, the people & demography as well. Tarbela is a small valley at the north west of Pakistan which is divided in to colonies at different areas for residential purpose. Sobra city colony is the one where i along with my family is living from the past 20 years. So in fact i grown up here & witnessed many changes. Most of the old friends have been moved to other places. All the people who lived here has great attachment with this place. Tarbela dam is well known as the world largest earth filled dam. In 1970s during the construction of tarbela dam (a mega project in the word at that time) sobra city used to be the residential colony of foreigners who works with different companies associated with the construction of dam. the construction of dam is the joint venture of Italian, German, French, and Swiss companies, of which the Italian company IMPREGILO was the main Sponsor. After the dam construction was completed & it starts generating electricity, then all its administration & monitoring has been handed over to the government of Pakistan entity (WAPDA), the water & power development authority.
This article, in particular, is dedicated to those people who lived here in past & has great memories about tarbela. I have some pictures to share with all those who love to see how tarbela, specially the sobra city colony will be looking after 30 years. Unfortunately some of the old places are demolished due to no public use & proper maintenance. You can see the locations with a comparison of old with the recent picture. At yet sobra city church, city club swimming pool, sobra city commissary,sobra city hill club & briefing hall. I will soon update this post with pictures of other locations like mehran colony tarbela, sanober colony tarbela & right bank colony pictures as well.
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