Saturday, December 29, 2007

Long-term Impacts of Kalabagh Dam Project

Like its short-term impacts, KBD is going to have a long standing extremely injurious impact on the lives of the people both living in the immediate vicinity of project, as well as in the rest of the country.

The details of these impacts would vary in nature and in magnitude, and will appear in different moments of coming times to have devastating effects on the civilization of this whole region.

Some of the most important long-term impacts of the KBD are discussed below :

Increase in Surface Water Salinity

Flooding in Nowshera Valley

Drainage/Water-logging Problems in Nowshera

Failure of Mardan/Swabi SCARPs

Danger of Shallow Wells in Karak turning Brackish

Effect on "KATCHO" in Sindh

Effect on Mangrove Forests in Sindh

Salt Water Intrusion in Sindh

Problem to Agriculture with Increased Seepage

The Issue of Water Distribution as a Replacement Water

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