Do you know Kalabagh?

The members of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, who keep passing resolutions against the Kalabagh Dam, seem oblivious of the fact that the Kalabagh Dam will bring another 6.1maf to cultivable land; that Sindh will get an additional 2.257maf water; that its construction will have no negative impact on the Indus delta; that Punjab will get only its due share; and that this share has been reduced to increase Sindh’s share in all future dams.

Do they know that there is surplus flow in our rivers for a very short period of time; that if the surplus water during the Kharif season is not stored in dams there will be serious shortage during the Rabi season? Do they know that the Kalabagh Dam will be filled with floodwater and therefore not aggravate the flood situation in Nowshera? Do they know that more people will be displaced in Punjab than in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; that more land will be submerged in Punjab than in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; that northern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will not get any water from the Diamer-Bhasha Dam or from any other dam on the Indus River; that they will not get their full share of 37 percent and 14 percent, respectively, for all rimes to come?

Engr Khurshid Anwer

Lahore