LAHORE: Being an agrarian country, Pakistan cannot afford to waste huge amount of water resources which are depleting fast. Shortage of water has not only caused undue damage to the agriculture sector but to the manufacturing sector as well.
“We cannot waste more time therefore government should pave way for early construction of Kalabagh dam which is the only solution of water and electricity shortage”, said LCCI President Ijaz A. Mumtaz while talking to a 20-member delegation led by its Chairman Malik Mansab Awan and Ch. M. Javed Khushi here at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Ijaz A. Mumtaz said that our economy is based on agriculture sector which cannot survive without sufficient water resources. He said that we are already suffering and further delay in the construction of Kalabagh dam would hit us hard.
He said that it is a good omen that political circles have started realizing the importance of this mega project that would certainly pave way for its early construction.
“Kalabagh Dam issue has been so much politicized that a consensus seems difficult therefore the government would have to take decision.”
The LCCI President said that melting of glaciers are eye opener as sword of floods is hanging on our heads. “An opinion gained widespread support across the country that the losses of recent floods in Pakistan which are estimated to be billion dollars could have been reduced if big dams and water reservoirs were in place”, Ijaz A. Mumtaz added.
The LCCI President said that Kalabagh dam is the most suitable project for the national economy as it would not only produce cheap and sufficient electricity but would also avert the devastation caused by the floods.
He said that Kalabagh dam is a must to control the poverty & hunger and those who were opposing the KBD were enemies of this country as they were playing with the country‘s future.
