Very informative Article:


If Kala Bagh Dam were built.


It has become a trend that we politicize every matter without thinking its actual aspects either positive or negative. We likes to involve personal ego and party politics in every national issue in such a way that it becomes a war of life and death for us while the actual matter goes into the background. Exactly same we did with the Kala Bagh dam. Without going into details just imagine for a moment that IF KALA BAGH DAM WERE BUILT, then do you see those protests in almost every street every road of the country showing people crying for electricity and water? No, certainly not.

The proposed Kala Bagh dam is purely an economical and developmental plan not only for a single province but for the whole country. This is not my statement, but worlds well known experts says that it is the best and most favorable plan with respect to the location, storage capacity, energy producing and irrigation benefits for Pakistan. It has a water storage capacity between 6-7 MAF and can start producing 3600 MW of electricity in just 3 years at the cheapest rate of nearly 1 rupee per unit. Moreover it will irrigate more than 20 million acres of wasteland which boost up our agricultural production and lesser the risk of food shortage , and also during construction and after commissioning it will create about 30000 jobs. It could also reduce the intensity of disastrous flooding along the Indus.

Unfortunately politicians are not addressing this issue seriously. Most of them are running away from reality or don’t know the reality. The reality is, that no country can survive without water specially country like Pakistan which is an agricultural country. Our water reservoirs are decreasing badly and our lands are being converted into deserts. Most of our development purely depends upon water reservoirs and we couldn’t increase water reservoirs since more than two decades while on the other hand India is continuously making dams on Pakistani rivers and snatching our water. So in this scenario we must have to increase our water reservoirs as soon as possible to irrigate more and more land and increase production which is necessary for an agricultural country. By making KBD we can also cope with energy crises and save our dying industry as well as we can save hundreds of billions rupees spending on oil import every year.

In all over the world, every country plans and complete such types of developmental projects in the vast interest of their nation and whatever the reservations there may be, have been removed tactfully by the governments. Unfortunately in Pakistan, there are people who are working on different agendas and “working hard” to spread provincialism and sectarianism. It has become a trend that if a plan is proposed by a province, now it is the duty of politicians belongs to other provinces to oppose it without thinking that it’s a national project and every citizen of the country will get benefit from it. KBD will provide electricity to whole country and it will even make possible to irrigate the millions of acre barren lands of Punjab, Khyber Pk and Balochistan. It’s just a fear and misunderstanding that Sind will face shortage of water. There will be enough water available for usage as we already throwing more than 35 MAF of water every year as a waste into the Arabian Sea.

The reservations or fears of politicians specially belongs to Sind and Khyber Pk are based on lack of information or hearsay. Instead of removing the reservations they are even misguiding common people of their constituencies by political statements and using this issue just to take votes in election. It is also not a secret now that neighbor country delivered billions of rupees to many politicians to oppose Kala Bagh Dam. Today every citizen has a right to ask those politicians that they stopped KBD in Pakistan, why they don’t stop India for making dams on our rivers? Why they are keeping silence on this serious issue ? In fact they are committing a national crime and whole nation is paying the price of this carelessness and negligence.

You can’t run the country by just printing currency notes and arranging so called energy conferences. You must have to control inflation, energy crises and food shortage practically. Now is the time for the government and all other politicians to “Extend the Vision” through a comprehensive strategy and make wise and courageous decisions. They should sit together and forget which party and province they belongs to, and understand what NATIONAL INTEREST actually is. This is a very serious and sensitive issue and obviously it seeks immediate attention. Instead of just giving statements they should take serious and sincere steps to resolve the issue. KBD is the lifeline of Pakistan and necessary to save Pakistan from becoming deserts. Don’t lose greater benefits over small reservations. Give a developed and green Pakistan to future generations, otherwise they will not forgive us.

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