Construction work on the Khar river dam in Pakistan is going on in full swing. The dam, being built by the community and a non-governmental organization on a self-help basis, has reached almost the half of the designed height. The dam is being constructed by the Kissan Committee, a voluntary organization of the local farmers, and the Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE) to recharge the subsoil aquifer so that the water table in the wells of the Khar valley could be raised.