Maybe this belongs in the Science forum; mods can decide.
What are the NON-political pro’s and con’s of the Kalabagh dam? Think of ecological, sociological, agricultural, etc reasons. I don’t care how this is affecting which political party or politician. But rather, who will profit by it, and who will get hurt, and how will it affect the environment?
Where is the dam supposed to be built, location-wise? I don’t mean which river, but what exact location in Pakistan?
etc etc.
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since nobody else is replying and I have nothing better to do ..here we go:
i googled a pic of the dam network: Daily Jang: Urdu News - Latest Breaking News update Pakistan - jang.com.pk
pro: Saves x amount of MAF (million acre feet) of water which is pouring into the indus unutilised because tarbela and mangla can no longer store enough water due to increased sediments
pro: generates x amount of electricity which is cheaper than non hydo power producing companies and it will save the consumers money
pro: feasibility and infrastructure are all clear and construction can be fast tracked
pro: canals could theoretically be added to both the right and left bank irrigating millions of acres of land in Southern NWFP and Southern Punjab
pro: Other dams would force major displacement of people in the Northern areas and force the shifting of the karakorum highway in parts
con: The bulk of water loss due to theft and improper infrastructure in the existing system is because of inefficient irrigation..wastage of water is as high as 40% in some areas and kalabagh will make no difference to that..the sediment problem could be theoretically solved by clearing the dams of sediments thereby extending their life. Also Kalabagh adds nothing to overall storage as it is a replacement dam and not a storage dam in itself..there are 4 other sites where possible dams can be built..
con: There are many sites for small dams which can generate more electricity with far less investment in Pakistan and which can be built far quicker. The high cost of electricity is also due to the high rate of pilferage..ranging from 40% in Karachi to even higher in some tribal areas..the cost of that is shifted to the consumers.
con: feasibility and infrastructure are only available because WAPDA for the last 20 years has stalled all research and preparation for all other hydro projects. The only project they seemed interested in is kalabagh…Bhasha dam (one with both consensus and consierable technical support)an alternative dam to Kalabagh had a feasibility study go ahead only after enormous political pressure was put on WAPDA.
con: The addition of canals would result in the exact same water shortage that the dam is supposed to avoid.
con: Kalabagh will displace a very large number of people from both Punjab and NWFP. In an overall sense the cost will be higher than the cost of relocating the KKH. WAPDA claims 83,000 people will be displaced in total by Kalabagh ..opponents claim it will be much higher. WAPDA has a poor record in resettling displaced people if one is to go by what happened to the affectees of trbel and mangla dams.
con: ecologically WAPDA’s figures do not include the thousands of people who would, it is feared, be displaced in the long run, due to water-logging and salinity in Mardan, Charsadda and Nowshera Districts, and the salinisation of sweet water aquifers in Karak and Lakki Districts. As has been shown post Tarbela ..water logging has dramatically increased in the peshawar valley as aresult of that dam..kalabagh would ruin the agriculture heartland of NWFP which produces much of the tobacco crops of Pakistan. In Sind the issue is simpler..if any water is diverted ..(as has been diverted previously , despite any number of water agreements) it would render sind a waste land.
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PCG - I am not sure if this is the case in Pakistan, but in India there is a lot of resentment on all new dams built.
A lot of people, would make milions, not just by the construction (& usual kickbacks), but entire forests would be cut indiscriminately and sold at a pittance, sometimes there is so much money to be made, that the benifits are highly exagerated.
Villages & homes are flooded and people loose their livelihood, the money given(if any) in compensation is soon grabbed by crooks misleading these poor gullible people. Poverty, displacement and a loss of belonging is the usual outcome.
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^ So why don't you ask your govt. to stop construction of dams on Kashmiri rivers flowing to Pakistan?
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
**QUESTION: **Historic flooding of Peshawar Valley including Nowshera town would be aggravated in the event of recurrence of 1929 record flood in case a storage is build on Indus River downstream of confluence of Kabul River.
**ANSWER: **Backwater effect of Kalabagh reservoir would end about 10 miles downstream of Nowshera. A state-of-art computer based study, backed by physical modeling in Pakistan, has established that recurrence of record flood of August, 1929 would not affect the water level at Nowshera even after 100 years of sedimentation in reservoir. The computer study did not include the effect of Tarbela reservoir which is now factually providing relief by attenuating flood peaks. These studies were reviewed by Chinese Expert (Dr. Lianzhen) and later by an international panel of experts (POE) headed by Dr. Kennedy of USA who was nominated by Government of NWFP. Both reviews are highly supportive of the conclusion of above studies. The POE has stated in their report that the results of this study are rather conservative.
QUESTION: Drainage of surrounding area of Mardan, Pabbi and Swabi plains would be adversely affected by the reservoir thus creating waterlogging and salinity.
**ANSWER: **Lowest ground levels at Mardan, Pabbi and Swabi areas are 970,960 and 1000 feet above MSL respectively, as compared to the maximum designed conservation level of 915 ft for Kalabagh Dam. This maximum level of Kalabagh reservoir would be maintained only for 3 to 4 weeks during September and October after which it would rapidly deplete as water is released for Rabi crops and power generation. Ultimately it would go down to dead storage level of 825 feet by early June. This operation pattern of reservoir cannot block the land drainage and cause waterlogging or salinity in Mardan, Pabbi or Swabi area. The above mentioned areas are even otherwise out of the influence of reservoir backwater.
**QUESTION: **Operation of Mardan SCARP would be adversely affected.
**ANSWER: **The invert levels of main drains of Mardan SCARP are higher than reservoir elevation of 915 feet and the back water level in Kabul River and Kalpani Khwar. These drains would keep on functioning without any obstruction as these are completely out of the influence of Kalabagh reservoir area even during floods.
**QUESTION: **Fertile cultivable land would be submerged.
**ANSWER: **Kalabagh reservoir will extend 92 miles up the Indus river from the dam site and 36 miles up the Soan river, and about 10 miles up the Kabul river from the Kabul-Indus confluence. At its maximum level of 915 ft. SPD, the reservoir area would be 164 square miles. Total cultivable affected land under the reservoir is only 35,000 acres. Cultivable land to be submerged under the reservoir
elevation of 915 and acquired permanently would be 27,5000 acres (24,500 acres in Punjab 3,000 acres in NWFP). Of this, irrigated land would be only 3,000 acres (2,900 acres in Punjab and 100 acres in NWFP). The balance 7,500 acres is the land that will be temporarily submerged by floods with recurrence interval of 1 in 5 years. This land shall be taken under easement. Full compensation will be paid to the owners, leaving title with them so that they can cultivate the land as before (6,000 acres of such land is in Punjab and 1,500 acres in NWFP). In addition, the draw down of the reservoir level every year would provide one season cropping in about 14,000 acres lying above elevation 890 ft. It may be noted that about 1,000 acres of irrigated land were acquired for Mardan SC ARP alone, and compared to this, Kalabagh asks for a such smaller sacrifice as compared to its benefits to the
economy of the country.
**QUESTION: **There will be massive population dislocation due to construction of Dam.
**ANSWER: **Based on 1998 estimate, total population to be relocated is 108,101 of which 65,929 shall be from Punjab and 42,172 from NWFP. Compensation shall be paid to all the affectees for their properties like land, trees, buildings and other structures at market price in compliance with the Land Acquisition Act. It is proposed to offer alternative land with minimum 12.5 acres to the land owning
families, requiring all about 74,000 acres of irrigated land. The comprehensive resettlement package proposed for Kalabagh is in fact most innovative and
attractive than those previously adopted for Mangla and Tarbela Dams. The basic objective being that “at the end of day”, the affectees should find themselves in a better socio-economic environment. The non-agriculturist affectees would be trained in various trades in the Training Institutes to be established in the Model Villages. These measures will provide the affectees with maximum job opportunities where they would also be able to invest their compensation money, thus giving them an assured means of livelihood for future.
**QUESTION: **What will be the mode of Resettlement of Affected Population?
ANSWER: The affected families will be resettled in various townships and model villages to be constructed along periphery of the reservoir. They would be allotted residential plots at cost price and facilities like water and power supply, paved streets, community buildings such as schools, dispensaries, mosques and union council halls will be provided at the project cost. Industrial Estates based on the locally available material will be set up at suitable sites within the proposed townships. In order to facilitate resettlement of the displaced persons, a Resettlement Action plan similar to that of Mangla Raising Project shall be executed.
**QUESTION: **There would be no surplus water to fill Kalabagh reservoir.
ANSWER: In post Tarbela years, an annual average of about 35 MAF have escaped below Kotri to Sea. During July to September period, flood surplus is always available. Kalabagh reservoir will be filled up to only 6.1 MAF and nearly 29 MAF would still be going downstream of Kotri Barrage. On the direction of Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power, Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has studied and confirmed that sufficient water is available.
**QUESTION: **The anxiety that the project would render Sindh into a desert.
**ANSWER: **Dams don’t consume water, These only store water during flood season and make it available on crop demand basis during the remaining dry periods of the year. The real demonstration of this came after full commissioning of Tarbela Dam in 1976. During prestorage era of 1960-67, average annual canal withdrawals of Sindh were 35.6 MAF. After Mangla and Tarbela the corresponding figure rose to 44.2 MAF with over 24 percent increase. In fact, Rabi diversions along increased from 10.7 to 15.1 MAF. It is estimated that after Kalabagh, the canal withdrawals for Sindh would further increase by about 2.25 MAF. Thus the often repeated apprehension regarding desertification of Sindh defies even the basic logic of a storage reservoir. An independent regulatory body (IRSA) with membership from all provinces is in place which is responsible to ensure that the provinces get their due share as per 1991 Water Accord. The apprehensions are therefore unfounded.
**QUESTION: **High level outlets would be used to divert water from the reservoir.
**ANSWER: **The present project design of Kalabagh Dam does not include any provision for diverting water from reservoir using high level outlets. However, this issue will be judiciously decided considering all aspects to ensure full utilization of Provincial shares. Even if outlets are provided, the discharges will be regulated under orders of Indus River System Authority to conform to allocated shares as per 1991 Water Accord. A telemetric system employing modern electronic technology has recently been installed at each barrage and other flow control points to monitor discharge in various canals commands, on real time basis under the auspices of Indus Water System Authority (IRSA). This system shall also be
extended to Kalabagh Dam Project for the fair water distribution.
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1-Water Strategy - 2020
Out of 77.1 million acres (MA) of land suitable for agriculture, only 44.4 MA are presently being irrigated whereas existing network of canals, barrages & dams caters for water requirements for only 34.5 MA (excluding Barani & Chahi). An additional 22.5 MA (Sindh 3.6, Punjab 4.3, NWFP 3.0 and Balochistan 11.6) can be brought under irrigated agriculture.
• Existing shortage is 9 MAF which is likely to increase to 30 MAF by year 2025. (total water available in the canal system is 106 MAF while total requirement of water is 117 MAF). Water management & conservation projects like brick lining etc are likely to reduce this shortage by 2020 to 15-20 MAF (equal to 2-3 big Dams). How to address this shortage?
•We have not built any new dam in the past 30 years to deal with this impending shortage despite abundance of rivers unlike other countries We need additional 2-3 large storages of 6 MAF each by 2020 making available around 18-20 MAF at least, otherwise we’ll face drought situation. By implementing KBD and Bhasha, we’ll have an aggregate capacity of 12 MAF.
2. Water Storage
Original gross storage capacity of Mangla, Tarbela and Chasma Dams were 5.88, 11.62 and 0.87 MAF respectively (total 18.37 MAF). This storage has been reduced by 4.89 MAF due to silting and likely to be about 6.37 MAF by year 2012 (This is equivalent of one extra storage project). We are going to retrieve it by 2.8 MAF with Mangla Dam raising. Our existing live storage capacity is hardly 12 MAF or less than 10% of average annual river flows, while the world’s average is 40%.
3. Water Availability and Advantages of Additional Storages
• Due to lack of adequate storage capacity, on an average 35 MAF escapes annually below Kotri, varying from 8 to 92 MAF in the past 30 years. It flows for 8-10 weeks and that too in monsoon season, but in a drought it doesn’t flow at all.
• To save and utilize this surplus water it has to be stored and released judiciously for agricultural production, hydropower generation, flood control / mitigation and ecological preservation below Kotri.
• About 44 MAF sweet subsoil water is available which can be used through tube wells elsewhere in the country but not in Sindh because subsoil water in Sindh is saline. Thus it needs dams to make up for this deficiency.
• One additional Dam will give Sindh 2.2 MAF extra water whilst two Dams will give Sindh 4.4 MAF. Once these dams are made it also means we have reverted back to 1991 accord which means that Sindh will get 2% additional water (which is over 2.1 MAF).
• Additional Reservoir will improve water supply at all barrages in Sindh Guddu, Sukkur, Kotri) and the canals emanating will run on perennial basis with water flowing through all seasons unlike the existing situation where 9 are perennial and 5 are non perennial.
• With availability of additional water and construction of Sehwan Barrage coupled with additional storage in Mancher lake, 5 canals will be taken out and 2.5 million acre area in districts of Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, will be brought under irrigated cultivation. Whereas with Raine canal becoming perennial, districts of Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur and Tharparkar will be irrigated.
•Chotiari reservoir will be filled to its capacity for better water management.
4. Why water reservoirs?
• Water comes from snow / glacier melting and rains. In Pakistan rain water is over 8o% from monsoon and remaining from rains during rest of the year. Monsoon rains are in 8-10 weeks of summer and the water flows in to the sea if not stored.
• Bhasha lies outside monsoon rain zone and thus cannot tap the monsoon water which counts or more than 80% of the rain water.
• KBD is the lower most possible multipurpose dam site on Indus that can store monsoon flows and additional flow coming in Kabul, Chitral, Swat, Haro and Soan Rivers. It is the only project ready for implementation and can be completed in 6-7 years by the year 2012. Any other project has yet to pass through time consuming field and desk studies and scrutiny by financing agencies. It is nearest to power load centres and the 500KV Transmission Network.
• There are problems of access road to Bhasha whereas no such problem exists for KBD.
5.Water Downstream Kotri
•Currently even though there is surplus water in river system, water going downstream Kotri is not enough. Even when flow is enough.
• This is adversely affecting mangroves, Fisheries, riverine management of the delta. There is only one way to avoid ecological damage and that is through regulated flow.
•Intl Panel of Experts in consultation with WB have confirmed that to save this delta from ecological damage we need to allow 3.6 MAF to flow downstream Kotri and 25 MAF once in 5 years.
6. Water Distribution and sharing
•Upto 1991. Water was shared on historical average basis worked out from 1977-1982. Share of provinces as per this average: Punjab – 51.61%, Sindh – 41.44%, NWFP – 5.08% and Balochistan – 1.87%
• 1991 Water Apportionment Accord (WAA)
On 16 March 1991, CCI approved a fresh distribution accord for water, greed between all provinces and federal govt. Punjab’s share was reduced by 2.7% and Sindh’s share increased by 1.2%. However while Punjab sacrificed and Sindh gained, there were other salient commitments in the Accord:
a. Agreement on construction of new water reservoirs wherever feasible on the Indus and other rivers.
b. Recognition of minimum escapages below Kotri to check sea intrusion.
c. There would be no restriction on the provinces to undertake new projects
within their agreed shares.
d. GTC mentioned as a future project in the annex to 1991 Accord and water allocation made out of Punjab’s share.
e. IRSA to be established for implementation of this accord with its HQ at
Lahore and reps from all 4 provinces.
These were formed in 2003 to carryout an independent studies so as to build
consensus.
• Its main conclusions are:-
Implement 1991 agreement in totality.
•Acknowledges the necessity of building additional reservoirs.
• Both Bhasha and KBD are feasible from technical point of view.
Technical
Its salient conclusions are:-
•Consensus on availability of extra 35.2 MAF.
•Consensus on need for building new storages urgently.
•All 9 have supported series of dams.
•One member says dam without diversion.
•Chairman supports dam of large capacity (Katzara of 35 MAF), immediate construction of one 6 MAF dam, either KBD or Bhasha (edge to Bhasha) pending
Katzara.
• Study Downstream Kotri The Study has concluded that at least 3.6 MAF must flow during the year with additional 5 MAF during monsoon.
Bottom line: Doing nothing is not an option, as we’ll become desert after 2020
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Kalabagh dam is not the clear winner it is projected to be. First, its viability is premised on water availability figures that are highly questionable.Second, the land constraint precludes substantive increases in cultivable area, additional water notwithstanding.Third, crop yield increases based on additional water do not account for the aggravated water logging and salinity that would result; furthermore, higher doses of water are associated with high input use, which degrades both soil, and water quality.Using existing water more efficiently is clearly a better option on both environmental and equity grounds. Fourth, hydel energy is not unequivocally cheaper, given the growing propensity to factor in displacement and environmental costs. Also, borrowing costs are likely to be higher as donors have indicated a clear preference for thermal power projects. Fifth, Kalabagh would further exacerbate ecosystem degradation, adding to mangrove and species loss and impoverishing communities, which depend on the ecosystem’s resources.Also, as an instrument of flood control Kalabagh is poorly supported by the historical evidence.In view of these facts, the option of implementing a sedimentation management project on Tarbela appears a clear winner on all grounds – financial, economic, social and environmental.
The beneficiaries of KBD would be Punjab which would flourish at the expense of Sindh and NWFP, and those recieving kickbacks for this multi-billion dollar project.
Projects such as the Bhasha dam would help, and not tear at the existence of Pakistan itself.
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Here is quite a detailed report, available here:
http://www.khyberwatch.com/kalabagh/iftikhar1.htm
It discusses the techinical details, as well as why this so called ‘saviour dam’ is opposed so vociferously by those outside of Punjab.
The Kalabagh dam (KBD) is proposed to be located on the River Indus at about 120 miles downstream of Tarbela Dam, 92 miles downstream the confluence of Kabul and Indus Rivers and 16 miles upstream of the existing Jinnah Barrage. The site is a narrow and deep channel extending over 5-mile distance where the river is about 1,300 feet wide.
According to the PC-II of the Project, “KBD was initiated by GOP in 1953, and until 1973, the project was basically considered as a storage project for meeting the irrigation needs, and consequently, rapid increases in the cost of energy have greatly enhanced the priority of KBD as a power project”.
The project planning report, circulated in March '84, tried to establish the technical and economic feasibility of the project, and the detailed designs/tender documents, commenced in March '84, and were completed by December 1985.
The feasibility study and documentation have cost the GOP around one billion rupees so far.
According to one of WAPDA’s latest briefs on the KBD Project, the dam and its objectives are described in the following words:“It is expected to be a 260-ft high structure and would create a reservoir 6.1 million acres feet (MAF) of usable storage. The annual generation of energy would amount to about 11,200 GWh, generated by hydro power plant of 2400 MW capacity. This capacity may ultimately be increased to 3600 MW, making KBD one of the largest hydro-generation dams in Asia. The total project cost covering civil and power facilities, as estimated by the consultants at June 1987 prices, will be about US $5.153 billion, including the cost of interest during construction, custom duties, taxes and price contingencies”.
(Note: At the present day’s construction costs, the dam is expected to cost around US $8 billion)
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The Dawn has put up some interesting comments in it’s editorial:
In view of the fact that the report has been with the authorities for quite some time, one wonders why the federal government has been pursuing the case for the KBD when the committee headed by A.N.G. Abbasi has serious reservations about it. In its 18-page “Conclusions and Recommendations”, the report pleads for honouring the 1991 water accord among the provinces and says Bhasha dam is a much better option than the KBD. But, the report also says that the real answer to Pakistan’s future needs is the Skardu-Katzarah dam.
The report says that the feasibility study of the KBD was done between 1984 and 1988, and since then it has not been updated, nor the cost reviewed. On the contrary, the pre-feasibility report of the Katzarah-Skardu dam has been completed, while a feasibility report will take another three to four years. It concludes by saying: “This (Katzarah-Skardu) is the best dam for the country”. Another aspect of the report concerns Wapda: the report accuses it of causing confusion by coming up with different statistics at different times. It also accuses Wapda of inaction in respect of the report in the year 2000 of the World Commission on Dams.
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I thought this thread was going to be about facts and not about our pesonal feelings? I'm sorry to read a few statements here.
I think a consensus is very important. Without consensus no dam should be built. But I wouldn't base my opinions on what one or two newspapers say. I've read Nation, Dawn, The News, Nawai-Waqt, Jung etc etc. ...... and I undertand their political, regional or ethinic spin. I've also heard good-for-nothing politicians of Punjab, Sind, NWFP and Balcochistan. It's tragic that everyone seems to be following his/her interests which are not always the interests of the whole Pakistani nation.
Perhaps we need to talk about facts and less about politicians or self-styled water experts of journalism. We might talk about what former chairman WAPDA Shamsul-Haq had to say about the dam. He was Pushtun. We might talk about what international studies have said. We might talk about apolotical and scientific studies.
If we have to talk about our personal opinions, then we might talk about the bottles of mineral water we purchase everyday; we might talk about our American or Europeon dreams. If we can't reach a consensus becasue politicians needed votes and newspapers needed thier readres, we may forget about these haris or small-scale zameendars. Who cares about them?
Politicians can retain their seats in upper and lower houses of parliaments. Newspapers can sell more copies. Generlas can have their power. The guy in London, warlords, nationalists, lota leaders of Punjab, mullahs ... all can have thier votes.
Me? I can buy my distilled water. My american dream is alive.
Over and out .....
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Vertigo- People aren't taking their cue from politcians on this one.Rather for once, politcians are listening to people's opinions, because people are so against this
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There r so many issues and the KDP is not just a simple task,its a subject which Create subjects within itself. i hope after Opening the link all doubts will clear.
:biggthumb http://www.pakissan.com/english/watercrisis/infeasibility.of.the.kalabagh.dam.shtml
:biggthumb http://www.waterinfo.net.pk/fskbd.htm
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why another dam? cuz its political game. why are we not discussing solar 2 type 10 megawatts plants?thermal/solar options? my little head, i mean pakistani politicians head says that these options are prolly no good cuz they are env safe and cost effective.
why have all the provincial assemblies rejected KBD dam resolutions…say during nawaz retard sharifs time? well, cuz nwfp and balochistan are having their blood sucked out so that punjab and the gov can prosper. will this cause drought in sindh? don’t even answer that.
are there any independent studies on KBD? prolly not, reasons: dams’ cause more harm then we can grasp simply by reading jang and dawn and oh the presidents frequently asked questions. have any of the supporters read global development history. let’s examine wat the projects were in the 30, 40s, 50s and 60s around the globe? oh jee they were all building dams. let’s do a further micro analysis:
who here has read on Aswam Dam of Egypt? yeah, what a debate and absolute necessity that was…and let’s see who benefited? none! who here has read arendhati roy(forgive me for sp)? how much benefit are those peeps enjoying?none!
let’s look at the debt issue and then slap this project on top of it? still support it? lets talk about other dams in pak and wat low capacity they are generating, when the “expected” capacity was suppose to be much higher?
when a project his large is taken up by the gov, highly in debt gov, it should benefit the entire country. it should create autonomy. will this dam do that? no.
why won’t mushy ask the u.s. what they think of their 30s and 40s dam projects? the answer will be regret!
btw, u can’t take the political out of this. econ, social, ecological bla bla issues are so obvious. read roy’s book…
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Can solar / nuclear power help us store water?
Atleast when trying to make a point, use logic my akhrotzai charm! 
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^ thank u for the criticism about my (lack of) logic.
i never wrote that solar/nuclear were for storage purposes. as far as storage is concerned, this big of a project is still inappropriate. storage can be handled with looking at other dams and their capacity.
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The fact that dams are used to produce electricity is not even an issue than the real issue which is how and where the water will go!
No one is against electricity generation!
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I can't see that map clearly, zakk.
Is the kalabagh dam to be located above the punjab-sindh boundary line, or below?
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http://www.geomianwali.com/kbagh/kb_index.htm
some exact scences from the proposed location of the Dam. pics looks nice
PCG ^^ dam location is in Kalabagh, Mianwali district of Punjab. (Imran khan is elected from this area) the storage lake will span on Punjab site but on NWFP border. if this goes ahead, it is on the border of NWFP and Punjab.
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Is the actual dam inside NWFP (i though almost whole of it was in punjab side).
Anyway, one longterm solution i have is that all provinces need to be broken up in pakistan (3 out of punjab=seraikis are not your typical punjabis like of c. punjab, balochistan in 2 or 3 while sindh possibly 2, baltistan, gilgit and FATA should be made provinces or fata be integrated into NWFP).
THough it could look offtopic but I think the wrong divisions of provinces in pakistan also play their part in different problems like Kalabagh we face right now!
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www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/media/Water/WAPDA%20Brief.pps
good indepth details of Dams projects from the governement side.
worth a look, has pictures, stats, detail maps and design drafts.
