Ms Bhutto should not have rejected the Kalabagh Dam, which would have given us pollution-free power.
LAHORE: The president, speaking on World Earth Day, recently said, “I am pleased to learn that Pakistanis would be joining the international community in what is the largest environmental event in the world.” Then, he talked of climate change, droughts, food shortages, floods and other natural calamities.
While he was talking of saving Mother Earth, the PPP was coming out with full-page advertisements lamenting that Benazir Bhutto’s agreements for setting up more independent power projects (IPP) were cancelled. More IPPs burning more oil is not what will save the earth. Ms Bhutto should not have rejected the Kalabagh Dam, which would have given us pollution-free power.
Engr Khurshid Anwer
Published in The Express Tribune, April 25th, 2013.
