Issue of Kalabagh Dam in Pakistan

Main purpose of presentation is to give a knowledge about Kalabagh Dam

1. TOPIC: KALABAGH DAM

2. PRESSENTED TO : ENGINEER SIR WAQAR AHMED BHAYO SUBJECT: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING PRESSENTED BY BILAL AHMED MIRANI (G.L) : 2K15-AE(K)-12 IZHAR AHMED SOLANGI : 2K15-AE(K)-19 NOORULLAH SOOMRO : 2K15-AE(K)-31 SAQIB SHARIF ABRO : 2K15-AE(K)-33 ZAHID ALI DEPAR : 2K15-AE(K)-38 CLASS: FINAL PROFESSIONAL B.E (1 ST TERM)

3. Introduction The  Kalabagh Dam  (Urdu:  کالا باغ ڈيم ‬‎), is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at  Kalabagh  in the Main wali District of Punjab Province in Pakistan. Intensely debated, if constructed the dam would have 3,600 megawatts (4,800,000  hp ) of electricity generation capacity. (OR) Kalabagh Dam is to be an earth fill 265 feet high, with water reservoir capacity of 6.1 MAF over river Sindh, with two spillways for disposal of excess flood water. It will have installed hydel generation capacity of 3600 MGWT of electricity likely @ Rs1.5 per MGWT, equal to 20 million barrels of oil required for thermal generation of power causing a saving of at least Rs100/billion in foreign exchange per annum, and facilitating reduction in power tariffs.

4. History In December 2004, then President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, announced that he would build the dam to serve the larger interest of Pakistan. However, on 26 May 2008, the Federal Minister for Water and Power of Pakistan, Raja Pervez Ashraf, said that the " Kalabagh Dam would not be constructed" and that the project had been cancelled due to "opposition from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and other stakeholders, the project was no longer feasible". In 2010 after the worst floods in Pakistani history, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, stated flood damage would be minimised if the Kalabagh Dam were built

5. Why we need Kalabagh dam KBD will solve three main problems of Pakistan up to great extent. Load Shedding problem Irrigation Problem Flooding Problem

6. Merits of kalabagh dam Kalabagh dam which will increase the water resources of the country is being opposed while Thar coal project, which will consume huge amount of water and will contaminate all water, air and land resources of Pakistan is being advocated by the government. Clean electricity produced by Kalabagh dam will be available to every citizen of the country while Thar coal project will pollute all water, air and land resources of not only of Pakistan but also of neighbouring countries like India and China. The overall climatic change of Pakistan has slowed down melting of the snow from mountains, thus reducing flow of rivers and leaving very little water for the winter crops (Kharif) in Punjab as well as Sindh. In the wake of this scenario, construction of high dams in the country is assuming highest priority as irrigated agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy.

7. Merits of kalabagh dam Equally alarming is the fastest growing population estimated to touch 170 million mark by 2010, growing at 2.1% per year. If nothing is done, there would be approximately 18% shortfall in irrigation water supply and Pakistan will turn into a water-scarce country. Due to complete stoppage of any sizeable surface water resources development, the sustainability of existing irrigated agriculture is in serious jeopardy. With a large arable land, Pakistan still has the potential of bringing several million acres of virgin land under irrigation. An important impediment in the way of this development is insufficient control over flood water of the rivers and let go large quantities of water into the sea.

8. Controversy and opposition Kalabagh dam is condemned by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh . The Government time to time tries to make consensus on the issue. The leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah showed objection on the site of Kalabagh Dam and said its a threat to small provinces. The Chief Minister of KPK Pervez Khattak said that the KBD is against the interests of KP. Awami National Party has opposed the construction and site of KBD. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, an NGO, published a case study on Kalabagh dam in 1999, mainly arguing against the environmental and displacement impact of building large dams

9. Conclusion In conclusion we discussed about two disadvantage of kalabagh dam: If Kalabagh dam is constructed than province KPK city name Nowshera will submerged under water. if Kalabagh Dam is constructed, river Indus will have no water in flow and sea water will enter inside the river bed, damaging the lands. Because of these two reasons Sindh and KPK are against the Kalabagh dam project. The result of our report is that Kalabagh dam give many benefits to our country but because of these two disadvantages we don’t support this project .

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