Indus! Indus! Indus!

[Imad.Khan]

We also need to build more canals and reservoirs across the country (especially in Balochistan).

 

[flameboard]

Dams can disrupt the fisheries industry. That's my only concern with dams

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Can Anyone Be Kind Enough To Explain How We Are Going To Take Canals Out of Bhasha

Bhasha is a primary storage reservoir. That is it will hold water on the upper Indus and when the system downstream is depleted it will release the water thus making sure other dams, barrages, canals have water all the time.

 

[ziaulislam]

Can Anyone Be Kind Enough To Explain How We Are Going To Take Canals Out of Bhasha

we wont..at this moment you still have water shortage DURING WINTER OFF PEAK SEASON..
first solve that problem via dam builidng

though afterwards a barrages like sindh and KPK lft bank are planned(previoulsy would be kalabagh dam now justa low head barrage)

Dams can disrupt the fisheries industry. That's my only concern with dams

or can make huge fisheries..
second is more likely in Pakistan with fluctuating water levels..look at tarbela for example

 

[flameboard]

or can make huge fisheries..
second is more likely in Pakistan with fluctuating water levels..look at tarbela for example

Like I’m looking at studies I did on the Canadian system. They have issues maintaining their ecosystem. Plus Pakistan has the Indus River Dolphin but I don’t think it’ll be an issue here


I guess you can breed fish in dams but is there an effect on the local ecosystem?

 

[ziaulislam]

Like I’m looking at studies I did on the Canadian system. They have issues maintaining their ecosystem. Plus Pakistan has the Indus River Dolphin but I don’t think it’ll be an issue here


I guess you can breed fish in dams but is there an effect on the local ecosystem?

main issue in northern America was salmon & similar fish cant migrate upstream into fresh water..
this isn't a major issue in Pakistan

dolphins actually did better with dams given more water availability in their habit zones..their population is recovering (after fishing was regulated)..

however the major effect will be need for fertilizer as important nutrients are with held and importantly the decrease in nutrients for fishies in Arabian sea..indusy was the source of nutrients and that has been effected

We also need to build more canals and reservoirs across the country (especially in Balochistan).

needs to first end this stupid practice of flood irrigation

 

[Imad.Khan]

needs to first end this stupid practice of flood irrigation

That not possible as the farmers can't afford to use modern irrigation equipment

 

[ziaulislam]

That not possible as the farmers can't afford to use modern irrigation equipment

Afford?
Every other country can make it affordable and our cant..
This is same logic stating tractors cant be used...

I am from farming family and we do it..its affordable ..the reason why we do it is obviously KPK has little cannals as KPK own share of water is consumed by sindh and punjab.
Otherwise i would have loved flood irrigation too..its sexy..everyone likes to waste water..

 

[blueazure]

Can Anyone Be Kind Enough To Explain How We Are Going To Take Canals Out of Bhasha

we cant

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the only last option for canals was KALABAGH


that is scuttled for good i guess

 

[OldenWisdom...قول بزرگ]

Two case studies for those who question viability of dams and their economic impact... Hoover and Aswan dam. Aswan dam alone added at least 4 percent points to Egypt's gdp, while Hoover not only irrigates million of acres it brought life to the desert i.e. Los Vegas and multiple smaller cities... I don't have figures to gauge it's impact but you can guess or research...

Peoples lives canbe changed for better in impoverished central Pakistan... So, be it Bhasha, Katzarah or Kalabag ... they'll forever change the fate of Pakistanis with cheap renewable energy, year round supply of water, agriculture or conversely protect from droughts and floods.

Big dams though are not substitutes for small local reservoirs which keep the water table high enough besides providing added capacity to store water.

On a side note didn't want to forget neolithic Q3-L275 perhaps the original inhabitants of ivc?
Just for those interested... with a very interesting map

https://www.researchgate.net/figure...tions-and-population-based_tbl1_313459023/amp

 

[Cliftonite]

Dams can disrupt the fisheries industry. That's my only concern with dams

Last I remember Tarbela was used as a fishing ground. My uni was right next to it, ate many a freshwater fish from there.

 

[Samlee]

Last I remember Tarbela was used as a fishing ground. My uni was right next to it, ate many a freshwater fish from there.

 

[ziaulislam]

Two case studies for those who question viability of dams and their economic impact... Hoover and Aswan dam. Aswan dam alone added at least 4 percent points to Egypt's gdp, while Hoover not only irrigates million of acres it brought life in the desert i.e. Los Vegas and multiple smaller cities... I don't have figures to gauge it's impact but you can guess or research...

Peoples lives canbe changed for better in impoverished central Pakistan... So, be it Bhasha, Katzarah or Kalabag ... they'll forever change the fate of Pakistanis with cheap renewable energy, year round supply of water, agriculture or conversely protect from droughts and floods.

Big dams though are not substitutes for small local reservoirs which keep the water table high enough besides providing added capacity to store water.

On a side note didn't want to forget neolithic Q3-L275 perhaps the original inhabitants of ivc?
Just for those interested... with a very interesting map

https://www.researchgate.net/figure...tions-and-population-based_tbl1_313459023/amp

UNFORTUNATELY IN NAME OF "LACKING OF FUNDING" DAMS WERE COMPLETELY IGNORED..
i see this govt being the first in decades that has seriously taken this issue..despite being in the mist of recession it has taken up simulateanoulsy three dams..
this is remarkable feet since constructing any dam in recession will be difficult

recession is global..all economies from china to usa will contract

 

[nahtanbob]

Bhasha dam will feed the water into river indus as required...and canals will be fed that water from river indus accordingly from existing canal system. As river indus goes all to the length of country so almost all country will benefit. No Dam directly feeds water to canals or has any agricultural land nearby. Bhasha dam is in mountainous terrain you cant expect to crop anything out there.

how is a dam going to be feed water to a river ? dams can store water. it is a lot of cheap electricity

 

[kris]

How many new hectares of land will be brought under cultivation by this project? How many acres will be stabilized with this project??