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From: Right to Water <right-to-water@iatp.org>
To: dianne@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca
Subject: Re: Water availability will lower down
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 13:28:31 -0500
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 05/27/2001 By mrllamas@geo.ucm.es
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To Shiney Varghese
Dear colleague,
I have read your interesting document on the decreasing water in Pakistan.
Nevertheless, I would suggest not to use the numerical indicator (CMPP). I
am sending you my comments and suggestions on the World Water Vision book
where this indicator is used to make assumptions and to propose solutions.
As you can see this indicator is meaningless and misleading for such type of
conclusions. I have commented this with Prof. Falkenmarck and she basically
agrees with my position.
Best regards
Ramon Llamas
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From: "Right to Water" <right-to-water@iatp.org>
To: <mrllamas@geo.ucm.es>
Sent: domingo, 27 de mayo de 2001 12:25
Subject: Water availability will lower down
> Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 05/27/2001 By
daima@brain.net.pk
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> Water availability will lower down
> The Nation, By Our Staff Reporter, 24/5/2001
> http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/today/main/top15.htm
>
> LAHORE - According to official estimates, per capita water availability in
> Pakistan will lower down to 1,000 cubic meter per person (CMPP) in 2012
from
> present 1,400 CMPP as compared to standard 1,700 cubic meter. Below 500
CMPP
> water availability is critical for human beings, which ultimately forces
all
> the creature to flee from the area. This was stated by Ahmad Khan Bhatti,
> General Manager (Water) Wapda while delivering a lecture on "Water Crisis
in
> Pakistan" here on Wednesday. The lecture was held under the auspices of
> Pakistan Engineering Congress (PEC). Brig (Retd) Shadab Ali Khan,
Secretary
> Punjab Communication and Works Department, presided over the function.
>
> Ahmad Khan Bhatti said that Pakistan had the per capita water availability
> at 5,600 CMPP in 1947 which has declined due to variety of reasons. He
said
> that due to increasing population and the fact that no major development
> could be done in the water resource development during the past couple of
> decades, the water availability had been reduced considerably. He said
that
> Pakistan was currently facing a shortage of 40 million acre feet (MAF)
which
> would touch the alarming figure of 110 MAF in 2013 and 150 MAF in 2025. Mr
> Bhatti stressed the need for building several large, medium and small
> storages to irrigate an additional 59 million acre feet (MAF) of
agriculture
> land. He said that at present 17.10 MAF of storage water is in operation
> which is quite insufficient for our growing needs. An additional 59 MAF of
> water could be added to the existing irrigation system which could make
> Pakistan self-sufficient in food requirements without depending on
external
> resources, he stated.
>
> Giving a break-up, he said that 34.21 MAF water could be stored at sites
on
> rivers and tributaries, 21.65 MAF on off-channel storage and 3.10 MAF by
> raising Mangla Dam. He said that the study of Mangla raising were being
> reviewed to ascertain certain issues. "Wapda has undertaken several
measures
> to develop the water resources and hydropower development under the 2025
> Vision Programme. These included construction of Gomal Zam Dam, Mirani
Dam,
> Kachhi Canal; a new barrage at Mithankot, Chashma Right Bank Lift Canal,
> Greater Thal Canal; riverine area development; Thar and Sehwan Barrage
> Complex," he elaborated. He said, Wapda engineers and experts are at
present
> studying these projects including Basha Dam which would be completed in
> about two and half years. He said that all these projects would be funded
by
> the Federal government and Wapda. He said that it was decided to spend Rs
50
> billion to 60 billion annually on completion of all these projects. "The
> projects of the first phase has already been approved by the government,"
he
> added.
>
> Rejecting the opposition of some world bodies on building large dams, Mr
> Bhatti said that as we have large rivers, we have no option but to built
big
> dams. He said that China and India had built a number of large dams by
> ignoring the objections of these bodies.
>
> The General Manager (Water) Wapda said that poverty in Pakistan can be
> eradicated, among other things, through integration and coordination of
> country's resources and no economic development can be made in the country
> without developing the water resources. "Poverty is mostly spread in rural
> areas which must be fully developed as this is the need of the hour," he
> observed. Mr Bhatti said that agriculture, which is the largest sector of
> the country, has been facing shortfall due to water shortage. To a
question
> about the construction of Kalabagh Dam (KBD), he said that Pakistan would
> have to pay very high price if the dam was not built adding that the
country
> would have to pay even higher price if it tried to construct it without
> developing consensus among the concerned circles.
>
> He admitted, we failed to create awareness on the construction of KBD. He
> said that the Wapda planned to develop dams at all the proposed sites
adding
> that the Kalabagh Dam would be constructed after developing consensus
among
> the provinces. Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Communication and Works
> Secretary, Brig (Retd) Shadab Ali Khan, urged the engineers community to
> play their role in evolving inter-provincial consensus on the construction
> of the Kalabagh Dam.
>
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