This is apropos the letter of Mr Muhammad Khan Sial. It is agreed that the flow of water below Kotri is not as much as was ensured as per the Water Accord 1991. But we have the right to question the authorities regarding the huge quantities of flood water wasted past Kotri during summer/monsoon season, thereby causing misery and devastation. If this huge wastage of water is stored at a reservoir up north and used equitably during the rest of the year, it would help reduce electricity shortage and increase farm-lands.
Kalabagh dam is a project being thrown into the dustbin, by people vulnerable to the propaganda networks. Let the professional experts take a decision based on pure engineering for the overall well-being and emancipation of the teeming millions living in the Indus valley.
RIAZ UR REHMAN KHAN
Lahore