Environmental Impact: ‘Government should re-study CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum President Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday demanded the government to thoroughly study the environmental impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and initiate measures to handle it. “Proper planning is required to get maximum benefit out of the game-changing project of CPEC as slip-ups can inflict irreparable loss on the economy,” he said. “It is estimated that around 7,000 large trucks will use the corridor daily, producing 36.5 million tons of carbon dioxide per annum, which is equal to 25% of the total national emission.” He warned that pollution will speed up melting of glaciers while hitting environment, agriculture, tourism, water system and general health in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2017.

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