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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 07/28/2001 By daima@brain.net.pk
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Rs250bn development projects to be launched next month
By Ihtasham ul Haque
ISLAMABAD, July 27: The government has decided to undertake 20 mega
development projects from this year at a huge cost of Rs250 billion.
Official sources said here on Friday that the initiation of these projects
will be announced on August 14 by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. These
development projects include dams and new communication systems across the
country.
The sources said all the 20 projects were accorded top priority for which
funds were being mobilised from China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, the World Bank and
the Asian Development Bank. By now, the sources say, China has agreed to
extend roughly $1.5 billion while Saudi Arabia is expected to offer about
$500 million. The latter had earlier agreed to provide $250 million.
Of the 20 projects identified, "Gomal Zam Dam Multipurpose Project" will be
undertaken on August 14, 2001 and will be completed in 2005-2006. The
proposed project aims at providing irrigation water supplies to 163,086
acres of land, generating 17.4 MW of electricity and mitigating flood dams
in areas downstream of the dam.
The project will raise agriculture productivity and hydel power generation
in a high-potential region and benefit over 40,000 farming households. It
will also provide protection to Chashma Right Bank Canal. The overall
economic benefits in the long run will be significant for the region
considering the water situation in the years ahead. "Hingol Dam Project" of
WAPDA will cost Rs21 billion with a foreign exchange component (FEC) of
Rs1.9 billion. The commencement date of this project is also August 14,
2001, to be commissioned in three years.
The multi-purpose project envisages uplift of the local economy by providing
irrigation and drinking water and generating electricity. About 0.97 MAF
will be gross storage capacity. The command area to be irrigated will be
9,250 acres. About 5 mgd of water has been planned for the use of Hingol
Port and Industry in the area. Moreover, power equivalent to 300 KW of
installed capacity will be generated for this power-deficient region. The
possibility of exporting about 115 mgd surplus water to the UAE or,
alternatively, its conveyance to Karachi for drinking purposes or for
irrigation of additional 41,000 acres of land lying on both sides of
Liayari-Ormara Road will be looked into.
The main dam will be earth-filled type having a maximum 130-ft height and
1,300-ft length. The project is expected to benefit the entire region in
more ways than one. "The Right Bank Outfall Drainage Project" of WAPDA is
estimated to cost Rs14 billion and its foreign aid requirement is yet to be
finalised. The project is to commence this year and is thought to complete
in six years.
The main objective of RBOD project is to minimise drainable surplus and to
dispose of the drainage effluent into the sea, thus reducing the overall
salt concentration in agricultural land and improving the agricultural
productivity.
Major works to be undertaken include: construction of main drain from
Mancher Lake to the sea, New surface drainage projects (Waharah, Saifullah
Magsi, Dokri, Begari and Frontier); rehabilitation of completed drainage
projects (Larkana, Shikarpur, Sukkar FGD SCARP and Sukkar SCARP transition);
Canal remodelling (Rato Dero and Shahdadkot Canals); and Manchar Lake
rehabilitation.
The project is expected to conserve land assets on the right bank of the
River Indus and restore salt-ridden Manchar Lake. It will make the agrarian
system more productive and sustainable benefiting over one million
households directly and 5 times that number indirectly by raising the
quality of water. It will also have inter-provincial benefits by providing a
conduit for disposal of effluent which otherwise damages land.
"Thal Reservoir Project" of WAPDA whose cost is still to be worked out will
be undertaken in 2002. The main objective of the project is to provide
useful storage of 1.6-2.3 MAF for irrigation desert in Thal area besides
providing opportunity for hydel generation up to 50 MW. Physical works
includes construction of reservoir covering an area of 180,000 acres out of
which 150,000 acres are located in the command of Greater Thal Canal scheme.
The project benefits are multifarious covering the agriculture sector and
power sector. It will bring an arid region under more assured water
availability and allow horizontal expansion of agriculture in future years.
"Kachhi Canal with Barrage at Mithon Kot project" of WAPDA has been cleared
by the Planning Commission at a cost of Rs44 billion. "Raising of Mangla Dam
by 40 FEET", again a WAPDA project, has been approved by the Planning
Commission. Nevertheless, no cost has been firmed up nor its commencement
and completion dates worked out. The project envisages providing additional
water storage to meet the ever-increasing irrigation demands, enhance the
existing power generation capacity and control floods in the downstream
irrigated areas.
"Greater Karachi Water Supply Project for Additional 100 MGD Water Phase-V"
will be undertaken very shortly and will be completed by March, 2003 at a
cost of Rs6.1 billion. The scope includes: construction of conduits and
siphons at various locations (58km); construction of tunnel bypass 7km,
provision of 72 inches dia M.S. Pipelines (21km); construction of pumping
stations at Dhabeji and NEK; and provision of pipeline for Hub Industrial
Estate/Town (35km).
"Quetta Water Supply Project" will cost 85 million dollar and the main
funding is likely to come from donors. It is to be taken up in March, 2001
and completed by June 2002. "Makran Coastal Road", a project of the National
Highway Authority, will cost Rs15 billion. It is due to begin in 2002 and
completed by 2006. The project provides for the construction of 653-km-long
road from Liari, about 100km north of Karachi on the existing RCD Highway to
the Pakistan-Iran border near the town of Gabd.
"White Oil Pipeline Project" of Pak-Arab Refinery Company (PARCO) will cost
Rs25.9 billion with foreign exchange component of Rs10.3 billion. It will be
completed by 2002.
The project has been conceived to replace the existing Parco pipeline which
will be converted to crude oil on commissioning of PARCO Mid-Country
Refinery Project. The Pipeline will be constructed on Build, Operate and Own
(BOO) basis on a competitive tariff. The initial capacity of the pipeline
will be 5 million tons per annum which will be expanded to 12 million tons
per annum by 2010.
"Sheep and Goat Production" project of the ministry of food and agriculture
will cost Rs115 million and will be completed within 2001. The project will
aim at enhancing goat and sheep production through better feeding and
management practices in order to increase the mutton production and reduce
its prices.
"Manufacture/Procurement of 69 locomotives" project of Pakistan Railways
will cost Rs 121 billion. Its foreign exchange component is Rs 64 billion.
The project will procure and manufacture 2,000-horse power and 3,000-horse
power locomotives. The project will be started in 2001-2002 and will be
commissioned in 2004-2005. "Procurement of 29 Electric Locomotives" project
of Pakistan Railways will cost Rs4.4 billion and will be undertaken in 2001-
2002 and completed in 2003-2004.
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48-A, Shalimar Colony
Bosan Road,
Multan-Pakistan.
Phone: 92-61-222609
www.brain.net.pk/~daima
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