On February 10, 2005, the dam burst due to heavy
flooding caused by more than two weeks of heavy rainfall, resulting in the deaths of about 70 villagers due to
drowning; the floods washed bodies into the
Arabian Sea. Emergency
search and rescue operations by the Pakistani military saved the lives of approximately 1,200 people. At least five villages were totally submerged, including
Pasni and
Ormara. The dam burst in the aftermath of Pakistan's heaviest rainfalls and snowfalls in sixteen years. The waters swept away bridges on the Baluchistan to Karachi highway, and closed the
Karakoram Highway temporarily. Another nearby reservoir at Akra Kaur, Gwadar, was overflowing at the same time, and after the Shadi Kaur accident, many villages were evacuated. Many small earthen dams built by the local population on self-help basis, also overflowed. Researchers blame the accident on design deficiency, including the lack of a
spillway. ==Reconstruction==