Jameel Pura and around 40 houses. The estimated population of the village is 300. Jameel Pura Jameel Pura is a small village near Islampura in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab. It is located south-east of Islamabad, Pakistan. Residents of Jameel Pura consist of some natives and many descendants of Kashmiri and Rajput families which left Azad Kashmir due to the construction of the Mangla Dam in 1960. The construction of the Mangla Dam caused a large-scale exodus of natives when outlying areas surrounding Mirpur and Dadyal were flooded, it was reported that well over 400 surrounding villages were submerged. Jameel Pura has
Mangla Dam MAF in 2005 due to the sedimentation & was likely to reduce further. To counteract this phenomenon, the "Mangla Dam Raising Project" was started in 2004 and the main dam, spillway and its allied works were completed in 2009 at a cost of Rs. 101.384 billion. This project effectively raised the dam height by 30 feet to 482 feet (147 m), thereby raising the maximum water conservation level from 1202 feet to 1242 feet. This increased the dam's storage capacity by an additional 2.88 MAF from 4.51 MAF to 7.39 MAF. Besides, it is expected that after raising the height