A Case Against Kalabagh Dam

Forget Dam. It would be a miracle now if fauji fukks could keep this country intact.:

Kindly spend at least as much time as you have taken in collecting arguments against construction of kalabagh dam and give me a single alternative. As I have mentioned many times it is easy to oppose a given solution it is most difficult to suggest an alternative. People who have suggested this solution have spent lot more able and valuable hours than the respected author to work out alternatives and even then considering kalabagh dam feasable.

fnahmad@gmail.com

If Government of Pakistan ( Government of Feudrals , Genrals , Punjabis ) ignore us in Sind , Balochistan - and go ahead with the plans of Kalabagh Dam , I will be the first person to bomb the dam . I support Sardar Muree a brave soldier whos fighting for the basic rights - We in Sind and Balochistan are not against Pakistan we are against officals of a province which is somehow ignoring every other province . We in Balochistan are fighting not for liberating our land from the state of Pakistan but we are fighting for our rights and a fair financing . Either its MQM , Mushraff , Jamali or Bhugtti anyone who puts there intrest first and ignore the intrest of Balochistan and Sind - will face his / her fate ..

Habib Jalib said,
yeh na mera Pakistan hai , na tera Pakistan hai ,
yeh uss ka Pakistan hai , jo Sadar-e-Pakistan hai ..

If Islamabad and Punjab ( same thing ) continue what they are usually doing then the map of Pakistan will be quite different in 10 years time where Land of Pure will be Punjab - and the rest of remaining Pakistan will be Pakistan .

You have outlined the case against kalabagh dam really well....what I would like to read is the case for it....anyone?

Norejo

I agree. This is no more a technical issue. It is a political issue. And politics are more important than technicalities.

If the Dam is built without the willing consensus of smaller provinces, it will be disastrous. The Fauji mind looks only at black-and-white aspects ignoring the public perceptions, feelings, thoughts.

Ayub alientated East Pakistan. Yahya did the final act. Zia disrupted the society with his convoluted perceptions. This may be the biggest damage Mussharraf may end up doing - an irreversible one. (like the state of our provinicial autonomy)

There are many other places for Dams. We need to listen to the voices of smaller provinces.

nhk

Norejo

I agree. This is no more a technical issue. It is a political issue. And politics are more important than technicalities.

If the Dam is built without the willing consensus of smaller provinces, it will be disastrous. The Fauji mind looks only at black-and-white aspects ignoring the public perceptions, feelings, thoughts.

Ayub alientated East Pakistan. Yahya did the final act. Zia disrupted the society with his convoluted perceptions. This may be the biggest damage Mussharraf may end up doing - an irreversible one. (like the state of our provinicial autonomy)

There are many other places for Dams. We need to listen to the voices of smaller provinces.

nhk

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The die is already cast.General has openly said it will be built, it will be built. Indus is Nallah beyond Kotri Barrage. See old bridges built by british look at wrong places as Indus is dry.
Thal Canal was opposed by minority provinces. It is being built. It is supposed to run few months, we know it will be 12 month canal. Chasma Canal was supposed to carry only small amout. Sindh burns in summer and mentioned Canal carries water. Hope its not beginning of some thing. Agartala case was started and left and damaged was done. It is not true but perception in B/Stan and Sindh is all is done in PK at cost of them. Scratch any Sindhi he is anti Punjabi. I feel there many illusions regarding exploitation of Sindh. Unfortunately most of times illusions are powerful than truth. Sindh can be easily controlled as Karachi MQM rulers will do anything for Uncle P. Same way B.Stan is warned by General and nothing much can be done by B.stan or Sindh. Whatever is done as Its not elected peoples decision but idea of generals and his assistant servant PM S.A. can say any thing but it will be decision of General. Nothing can be done as General will be still there around 2007. Discussion is useless unfortunately.

Kalabagh is a good project and is in national intrest of Pakistan - thats what we in ( Sind , Baluchistan and NWFP ) thinks but we in Sind , Baluchistan atleast somehow don`t trust Punjab . We believe that Punjab will control our water - they would have the control on our waters whatever we get .
Mushraff Sahib is trying to build confidence and our answer to President Sahib is we could somehow agree if there are some guarantee`s - and Punjab withdraws from her stand on NFC Awards - to my knowledge there is negociations going on now on Kalabagh between
a) MQM and Government
b) Government and some PPP Members ..
c) Government and Concerned Parties in N.W.F.P ..

The bottomline is like or not Sind and Balochistan will never agree on whatever Punjab says - we can`t trust them ( Punjabi Establishment ) - be it Sui , Gawader , Badin or Karachi - we are victums of Punjabi Establishment which for Punjab Intrest thinks Pakistan is Punjab -