PPP moves resolution against Kalabagh Dam

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday submitted a resolution against Kala Bagh Dam in Sindh Assembly.

The resolution was moved by PPP MPA Taimoor Talpur. According to the resolution, Kala Bagh Dam will ruin the economy, agriculture of Sindh and the Indus Delta will vanish.

“The Sindh Assembly expresses grave concern over the announcement from certain quarters about the construction of Kala Bagh Dam and also emphasizes that it is a part of scheme of construction of dams over Indus,” the resolution reads.

The resolution further states, “We feel insecure and being affectees of dams and canals by upper riparian, we have suffered a lot, our crops are on decrease and poverty is on the rise.”

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