kalabagh dam

KALA BAGH DAM

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KALA BAGH DAM

INTRODUCTION: The Kalabagh Dam is a proposed  hydroelectric dam on the Indus River

at Kalabagh in the Mianwali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan, if constructed the dam would have 3,600 megawatts (4,800,000 hp) of electricity generation capacity.

CHARACTER OF KALABAGH DAM: Storage capacity Retention Level Power facilities Estimated cost

HISTORY: 1984 World bank & UNO contribution Dec 2004 Pervaiz Musharaf reign May 2008 PPP reign

IMPORTANCE OF KALA BAGH DAM:

IMPORTANCE IN THE DAYS OF FLOODS 2010 flood 8 million acre feet water can be stored 6.1 million acre feet water can be used

Importance in agriculture sector: KPK 8-10 acres Punjab 680000 acre Balochistan 51000 acre Better canal system Thal,south punjab,chaulistan

IMPORTANCE FOR GDP OF PAKISTAN:3-4 % increaseIMPORTANCE IN NATIONAL INCOME15% increase

IMPORTANCE IN ENERGY SECTOR: Installed capaicty Saving oil 9-10 years repaid per annum 25 billion Per unit cost

OBJECTIONS ON KALABAGH DAM OBJECTIONS BY SINDH: The fertile land of Sindh will become barren Water level of decrease Productive capacity decline Water-based jungles will affected Live-stock drinking water decrease Sweet drinking water tube wells will also affected FACTS: Annual flow of water in river increase More water available for winter season Desert convert into cultivatable land

Objection by KPK Due to reserve of water in kalabagh dam, the severage system of swabi

and mardan will affected in bad manner. Water lodging and salanity will increase in KPK. Productive land of kpk will come under water. Mardan city will affected badly. Naushera will drown in water. Many people will migrate to other areas due to construction of kalabagh

dam.

OBJECTIONS BY BALOCHISTAN: Even the province of Baluchistan will highly benefit from the

construction of Kalabagh Dam. The Katchi canal, which at present has water for 100 days only, will become a perennial canal.

FACTS: Cultivateable land for kharan desert Water Improvement in underground cannal system

Current situation of kala bagh dam’s machinery:

oPOLITICAL INFLUENCE AND POLITICIANS POINT OF VIEW REGATRDNG KBD

GOVT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF KBD (JUNE 11, 1998)REJECTION BY THREE OUT OF FOUR PROVENCES

AKDF, PROTEST MARCHES, HUNGER STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS

POLITICAL LEADERS TERMED IT AS GRAVE THREAT AGAINST INTEREST OF THREE PROVINCES

POLITICIANS STATEMENTS ABOUT KBD

CM SINDH, QAIM ALI SHAH:

“RAISING THE ISSUE OF SAID DAM IS A “POLITICAL STUNT”

ASWND YAR WALI:

“THE CONSTRUCTION OF KBD IS DESTRUCTION OF KPK”

CM KPK, PERVAIZ KHATAK:

“I ALWAYS OPPOSED THE PROJECT AND WILL DO THE SAME IN FUTURE”

SHARMEELA FAROOQI (MNA):

“THE PERSON WHO TALKS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF KBD SHOULD BE ASSASSINATED”

KHAURSEED SHAH(OPPOSITION LEADER):

“IF KHWAJA ASIF HAS POWER, THEN SHOW ME, HOW THEY WILL CONSTRUCT THE KBD”

ALTAF HUSSAIN(BHAI):

“WE HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON CONSTRUCTION OF KBD”

Asfandyar wali khan( ANP leader) says:

“the construction of kalabagh dam is destruction of KPK”“we had buried kalabagh dam project as intensively that even Jinnah was not buried like this’’“ifkalabagh dam is constructed, then constructors have to pass on my dead body in order to construct kalabagh dam”

CM PUNJAB, MIAN SHEHBAZ SHARIF

“CONSTRUCTION OFKBD IS A SIGN OF PROGRSSFOR PAKISTAN”

ConclusionThe Kalabagh Dam is not only beneficial to Punjab, but it would be more helpful in erasing poverty from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as it would irrigate 800,000 acres of cultivable land that is located 100-150 feet above the level of River Indus.It is ready to construct, but it is impossible to construct due to political eye view.