With all the rain pouring down and going waste, the logical thing would be to build more storages. But we don’t want to build more storages and in particular Kalabagh dam because of distrust.
A parallel can be drawn to a man lying prostrate with thirst, unable to get up to fetch a glass of water from the nearby pitcher. A passer-by offers to fetch him the life saving glass of water. The man refuses, fearing that the passer-by will also drink a glass of water.
Sindh will get an additional 2.2 million acres feet of water from Kalabagh dam, it should not grudge an equal amount to Punjab, which Punjab has agreed to by reducing its own share in favour of Sindh. Equal share for both despite Punjab having 70 percent of the total crop area of the country, and bearing 80 percent of the total agriculture load.
KHURSHID ANWER
Lahore
