Kalabagh Dam Case Study

Just ten minutes left before the assignment is due. It is almost done. A few spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and the formatting remain. It is a gem with five minutes to spare. Uploading only takes a few seconds and all you have to do is press submit and then the desktop goes blank. Despite all your incessant clicking, the ever looming spectre of load shedding has ruined your life and it is hardly the first time. In fact it has been going on for the past ___ so years[] and there seems to be no end to it. But wait; there are people who offer hope; a world where you do not have to live in constant fear of the electricity going out. They called the hope 'Kalabagh Dam'. Initially proposed in ____, Kalabagh was to be built at _____, offering
While Kalabagh was probably not initially proposed with the same intention, it is probably a weapon that Erin would proudly use. This might not be quickly apparent but the facts certainly seem to support this. After the construction of Mangla and Tarbela Dams, the next major project decided was Kalabagh. That remained the only long term energy plan for a good ___ years[] and the government began to conveniently delay the construction after opposition to the dam started. It was not an issue as energy was in surplus in those days. However, that would not last long and this lack of planning gave birth to load shedding during Zia's regime. Finally during the Benazir's reign, with the energy deficit mounting, the Kalabagh issue came up again and once again it caused the tensions between the provinces to rise and during this chaos it was decided thermal power would be the solution to Pakistan's energy woes. (). With the high costs of thermal energy making electricity unaffordable for Pakistani, this eventually resulted in people stealing electricity which paved the way for circular debt. Thus each time the issue of Kalabagh was brought up, all it managed to achieve was to result in short term fixes to the energy crisis with the added to benefit of sowing seeds of distrust among the provinces. The extent of distrust having developed to such an extent today that despite the passage of the 18th amendment and the creation of bodies like the Council of Common Interest, the smaller provinces still feel they do not have a say in the affairs of the state. Now with the energy deficit at ____[], it is beyond Kalabagh alone to deal with this issue yet for some reason the government has not started work on other HEP projects or other alternative projects.