Work on Diamer-Bhasha dam starts.

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Re: Work on Diamer-Bhasha dam starts.

@Shamraz_Khan

Good. It was long over due.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/19/foundation-stone-laid-for-diamer-bhasha-dam.html
CHILAS: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said here on Tuesday that the $12 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam on the Indus would produce** 4,500MW of electricity and store over 8 million acre feet of water and help meet the country’s future power and agricultural requirements.**

Geelay Gilani sahib do you know project will finish in 10 years? Do you know our current electrical shortfall?

@Shamraz_Khan

Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the world’s highest concrete dam, he said he had undertaken consultations with various quarters to ensure that the project did not suffer the same fate as the Kalabagh dam which had fallen victim to political bickering.

The prime minister** praised the local people who would have to sacrifice their ancestral land** for a great national cause. But, he said, the project would play a great role in alleviating their sense of deprivation.

Would our politicians sacrifice their “ancestral” lands to accommodate any such “national” cause? They can’t even let their farms be destroyed by flood, they’d rather destroy smaller farmers’ lands, how can one ask for these landlords’ to make a sacrifice for national cause?

@Shamraz_Khan

He praised** the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir and their political leadership for their united stand in favour of initiating the project.**

Thank you people :k:

@Shamraz_Khan

Former federal minister for water and power Raja Pervez Ashraf told PTV that the government had already earmarked Rs16 billion in the budget for the Diamer-Bhasha dam which would be completed in 10 years, adds APP.

sigh 10 years.