The Tarbela Dam reservoir towers 600 feet above the Peshawar valley and has not caused any water logging in 40 years
LAHORE: The latest in the series of experts on Kalabagh Dam is the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He recently stated: “Not only Peshawar division would sink but the whole province would also badly suffer if Kalabagh Dam is built.”
The Tarbela Dam reservoir towers 600 feet above the Peshawar valley and has not caused any water logging in 40 years. So, how can the Kalabagh Dam reservoir, which will be 25 feet below Nowshera, cause waterlogging? Water seepage occurs below the water line and not above it. At the time of peak flooding, the reservoir will be kept at the draw-down level of 860 feet above sea level, 100 feet below the flood level at Nowshera, and 100 miles away from it. The reservoir level will be raised only as floods recede. I would request the chief minister to check with his party leader before issuing such baseless statements.
Engr Khurshid Anwer
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2015.
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