Pakistan is to seek monetary and technical assistance from China on the Kalabagh and Bhasha dams, with work on one of the two set to start in June 2004, Daily Times has learnt. President General Pervez Musharraf is also to seek help for the construction of the second 300-MW Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (ChashNuPP-2) and the Skardu, Akori and Munda dams when he visits China in the first week of November, according to sources in the Water and Power Ministry. China helped Pakistan build the 300-MW ChashNuPP-1. The sources said if the projects do get built, Pakistan would have an additional 31.59 million acre feet of water storage capacity and installed power generation capacity of 11,700 MW. The sources said the water and power minister had recommended to the president that he also seek Chinese cooperation in 11 prospective hydropower projects: the Neelum-Jhelum (969 MW), Kohala (749 MW), Dasu (2,712 MW), Pattan (1,172 MW), Thakot (1,043 MW), Bunji (1,500 MW), Chokoti (139 MW), Naran (219 MW), Azad Pattan (222 MW), Matiltan (84MW) and Taunsa (120 MW) hydropower projects.
China is currently helping Pakistan build the Khan Khawar (72 MW), Duber Khawar (130MW) and Allai Khawar (121 MW) power plants. China has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for four projects: the Golan Gole (106 MW), Jinnah (196 MW) and Keyal Khawar (130 MW) and canal falls hydropower projects. A high level chaired by Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz is to be held in the Finance Ministry to finalise the projects the president will take up with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. According to sources in the Commerce Ministry, Pakistan will also sign a border trade agreement with China, as the last one elapsed in December 2002. The sources said Pakistan would also sign MoUs on four projects mineral extraction in NWFP and Balochistan.
I think completely opposite. Kalabagh dam is a death sentence for unity of Pakistan.
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and I am oppsite to your objection!
just give me one answer, if dam is built and it will store only the rain and flood waters to fill up its rasorvior and manage water more effecintly what wrong with that?
thats for sidh objection!
for nowshehra people they have genuine concerns, they have to move people from that area and need to be ensured alternative source of living. If that is sorted correctly whats in the way of unity of Pakistan????
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Kalabagh and Basha dams are must for the future growth of the country. Way to go!!
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I think more dams are a must for all of Pakistan, and I have an open mind on Kalabagh, which I believe should go ahead but with a national consenus.
But let's not forget that Kalabagh (and Bhasha) are not the only dams that are planned, or presently under construction. This map gives more detail on the major Water Sector Projects planned throughout all the provinces and territories, all part of the "Vision 2025"...
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I am sure that China will be playing a leading part in the funding of such projects over the years, as the have over previous decades.
*if dam is built and it will store only the rain and flood waters to fill up its rasorvior and manage water more effecintly what wrong with that? *
that's only if it's a power generating and water storage dam, Sindhi's object on the basis of ythe water being used to irrigate land in Punjab whcih would reduce the amount they receive. The general objection is far more comprehensive, WAPDA does not even provide regular electricity suplies to the areas where it has already constructed big dams, nor have all the displaced people been rehabilitated after 20 years. More so then that, NWFP and AJK do not receove their fair share in Royalty from the usage of Natural resources.
The general objection is far more comprehensive, WAPDA does not even provide regular electricity suplies to the areas where it has already constructed big dams...
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That was only true until some years ago, and speaking from personal experience (about Mangla) I can tell you the situation has vastly improved in the last few years, and electricity supplies are far more regular than they used to be. More importantly Mangla Dam and Tarbela Dam were not specifically built to provide power for just the local area's they were built in, but for wide area's of Punjab, NWFP and AJK.
^ No they weren't built for the whole area, but the premise is simple, wheat produced in Punjab is cheapest in Punjab and most readily available in Punjab, similarly because of Karachi's geographical location the cost of importing goods or exporting is cheapest in karachi. In the case of Electricity or gas in Pakistan the same does not apply.
The Mirpuri argument with regard to royalty is quite well known. They are charged Industrial tariffs for what is produced from their land and have no say in WAPDA's decision making. In NWFP's case to add insult to injuiry little in the sense of employment is generated for the province by the Dams because little responsibility is shared with the province by the federal government. In addition the royalty rate has been capped since 1973, and payment only started in the 90's, that too unadjusted for inflation.
Sindh is already suffering from water shortage and Kalabagh is just insult to injury. If you don't want to except that fine, but then be prepared for the consequences of this action. That is the price of ignoring people's voices for so long. People of all smaller provinces have said they don't want Kalabagh. Their must be a reson, because I'm sure we are all not crazy and not all of us on an anti-Punjab agenda.
I have nothing more to say on this matter. People are smart enough to think for themselves.