Rangpur is a town and one of the 51 union councils (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

But the British colonial rulers repeatedly shelved the project on the pretext that it will severely hurt the water availability to lower riparian.

Finally, on 16 August 2001, General Pervez Musharraf Retired, then Chief Executive of Pakistan, inaugurated the 30-billion rupee Greater Thal Canal (GTCc) project.

The birds from the north spend winters in different wetlands and deserts of Pakistan, which are distributed almost throughout the country, from the high Himalayas to coastal mangroves and mud flats in the Indus delta.

It is held after the end of cultivation seasons of farmers and includes a fair where various handicraft items made by tribals are displayed for sale.

As soon as the fatal disease stopped there, the Sikh family celebrated that event by running camels on the first and second dates of the rainy (Sawan) month.