In the late August heat of Rawalpindi, a city of nearly two million people reckoning with the limits of its water supply, Commissioner Salman Ghani walked the grounds of the Chahan Dam Project — not merely to inspect, but to insist. The dam represents a quiet but consequential wager: that capturing what the monsoon gives and holding it through the dry months can change the terms of daily life for an entire city. His visit was a reminder that infrastructure, at its most purposeful, is an act of collective foresight.