Kalabagh dam is a larg escale project that may be the answer to power shortages, however, it is imperative to identify the environmental impacts and necessitate towards making this project environmentally sustainable. The kalabagh dam kbd has been turned into a touchy subject as controversies and differences of opinion on its construction are still rife. Plans to build the kalabagh dam on the indus river have been the source of tensions between regional provinces in pakistan for more than thirty years. Due to the politicisation of the issue, the kalabagh dam has been put in cold storage and no serious effort has been made to remove the reservations of. Intensely debated, if constructed the dam would have 3,600 megawatts 4,800,000 hp of electricity generation capacity. Why kalabagh dam pakistan remains unbuilt sage journals. Without the right bank canal at the kalabagh dam, 800,000 acres in dera ismail khan will not get water through gravity flow. Many specialists believe that kalabagh dam is a constructive and necessary project while others believe that it has too many substantial negative aspects to it, and that it would be a. About 30% of the total storage capacity of tarbela dam has already been lost due to.
Kalabagh is situated in mianwali district of punjab. Pakistan on the contrary constructed only two major reservoirs till after signing of treaty in lack of political will and vision, corruption and incompetence are the four major reasons which block progress and development in this country, and it is these very issues which have stopped kalagagh kalabagh project in its kalabagj. Kalabagh dam is one of the most hated dams in the country. The kalabagh dam is situated about 210 km downhill of tarbela dam on the river indus. However, very cleverly it is not contested as an engineering or technical issue rather it is presented as a. Kalabagh dam free download as powerpoint presentation. Pdf kalabagh dam is among the proposed dams in pakistan since 1987. In december 2004, then president of pakistan general pervez musharraf, announced that he would build the dam. It became obvious that the kalabagh dam, located near the town of kalabagh, would be a big and feasible reservoir.
Geographic coordinates of proposed location are 32. As if the doctrine of necessity, which has provided the alibi for all military coups since the original one of ayub khan, was not enough, a new and much more sinister. Kalabagh dam, from engineering point of view, is located at the most feasible location in pakistan on indus. Our demand is to build kalabagh dam to overcome the water and energy crisis in pakistan. Kalabagh dam aka kb dam is one of the most controversial topics of pakistan. Kalabagh dam 1 kalabagh dam irfan arshad ir department university of sargodha pakistan 2 introduction. Kalabagh dam 1 free download as powerpoint presentation. Kalabagh dam project would play very important role by way of. The kalabagh dam site is located about 194 km ds of tarbela dam and 16 km us of kalabagh town. To prevent severe conditions of famine in a century by building more water reserves and the agricultural output. The experts are of the view this 80kmlong reservoir of kalabagh if completed can generate electricity up to 3,600 megawatts 4,800,000 hp, which is enough to take pakistan out of the longstanding power crisis.
In addition, since it is downstream, kalabagh would in no way be able to improve tarbelas life. Kalabagh dam pakistan, advantages disadvantages and objections part 1 make kalabagh dam pakistan duration. The controversy regarding the kalabagh dam could be a result of lack of relevant information and distrust among the provinces. It has generated significant heated debate and controversy for a very long time. Technically it is possible to construct the kalabagh dam, and the concerns of sindh and khyberpakhtunkhwa about the dam have already. Critics also say that the life of the dam is too short and its cost too exorbitant to make it a highly uneconomical project. On may 26, 2008, federal minister for water and power of pakistan, raja pervez ashraf, said that the kalabagh dam would not be constructed and the project has been cancelled.
Furthermore, construction of water infrastructure in. Two glaring examples to prove my point should suffice. Many consultants worked on the feasibility studies of this dam and have provided much information on the merits and demerits of. There is scarce data available on the environmental studies of kalabagh dam. Kalabagh dam kbd project holds a unique place in pakistans policy making history. What could be the measures to rein in the seismic effects to save these damssites. In december 2004, general pervez musharraf, president of pakistan, announced that he would build the dam in the larger interest of pakistan. In pakistan, as the kalabagh dam project became politicized, the engineers employed by provincial irrigation departments whose experience and knowledge was not directly related with building dams were used to question the technical details of the project. Wapda started investigations in 1977 and feasibility reports on the kalabagh dam were prepared twice. It is hated by those weaned on the staple diet of visceral anger pandering more to prejudice than logic. Six decades later the controversies around kalabagh dam project remains intact, and it has once more become the center of all political discussions shortly before the upcoming elections. Kalabagh dam is to be an earth fill 265 feet high, with water reservoir capacity of 6.
The nation has done a service to its readers by publishing two articles at a time, one for and the other against on the kalabagh dam april 18, 97. Kalabagh dam is to be an earth fill feet high, with water reservoir capacity of 6. Catchment area of river indus at the kalabagh dam site is 286, 194 sq. Court urges construction of diamerbhasha, mohmand dams as next best options after kalabagh dam in light of acute water shortage faced by pakistan, the supreme court sc on tuesday. The propsed site for kalabagh dam was also damaged in the recent earthquake. Pdf the governments strategy has been of augmenting countrys. Kalabagh dam is among the proposed dams in pakistan since 1987. First of all outline is present and later on, we discussed the history and issues with the construction of this dam. Pakistan needs to consume water resources to the agricultural production. The latest edition is available free of charge from the distribution unit, office. Feasibility study of kalabagh dam pakistan kalabagh dam is among the. In kala bagh dam essay we also discussed the benefits of kala bagh.
Kalabagh dam could assume similar role for making an earnest start towards further unified national water resources developmentcummanagement. Impact of kalabagh dam as simulated by the indus basin model revised, two. In downstream sindh province, politicians have described the dam as a water theft by the province of punjab, where the dam is planned to be built dawn, 2018. In december 2004, then president of pakistan general pervez musharraf announced that he would build the dam to serve the larger interest of pakistan. The kalabagh dam has many positive and negative sides to it. Kalabagh dam pakistan advantages offline pdf apps on. The kalabagh dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the indus river at kalabagh in the mianwali district of punjab province in pakistan.
Kalabagh dam conflict in pakistan ecc platform library. This project is of paramount significance for pakistan which is being scrapped due to. This large dam should be based in kalabagh, followed by the basha dam. The dam site is linked by a railway line and road which are passing near a distance of approximately km with the site. Oped conflict dynamics of kalabagh dam due to the politicisation of the issue, the kalabagh dam has been put in cold storage and no serious effort has been made to remove the reservations of smaller provinces about its construction despite the political roadblocks, the world bank and foreign consultants continued their work on kalabagh, over a period of ten years, up to when the project was. Oped conflict dynamics of kalabagh dam due to the politicisation of the issue, the kalabagh dam has been put in cold storage and no serious effort has been made to remove the reservations of smaller provinces about its construction despite the political roadblocks, the world bank and foreign consultants continued their work on kalabagh, over a period of ten. It kalabagh dam is to be an earth fill 265 feet high, with water reservoir capacity of 6. Essay on kalabagh dam is for the students of pakistan because this dam relates to pakistan. The building of kalabagh dampakistans largest hydropower development.
Article information, pdf download for contesting instrumental. It kalabxgh difficult to say whether it was deliberate because of india supported lobby or lack of correct information or was due to doubts and misgivings over the effects of a national project because of hatred. It is a good way of evolving general consensus on current controversial national issues. Kalabagh dam dam hydroelectricity free 30day trial. They say that the life of the dam is only 28 years once tarbela silts because it is located downstream of tarbela. It will be a tragedy if we waste another 20 years fighting over the kalabagh dam while producing power at 5 times the cost that we should, wasting our free and abundant flow of water resources. Pdf feasibility study of kalabagh dam pakistan researchgate. Whose state before the sikh invasion,stretched from the modern day districts of bannu,dera ismail khan,bhakkar and mianwali to some parts of chakwal. Pakistan is already one of the most waterstressed countries in the world, a situation which is going to degrade into outright water scarcity due to high population growth. Kalabagh dam, which has been a dead project for all practical purposes, got a stir yesterday when federal minister for water and power raja pervez ashraf said that the project has now been shelved for ever on the same day, another interesting development happened about nwfp where it was decided to change the name of nwfp north west frontier province to. As the project is ready for implementation since late 1980s effort should be to have it commissioned by the start of 21at century. 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.
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