The planned Diamer -Bhasha dam on the Indus River is going to have serious negative ecological consequences even as it would displace millions and destroy their livelihoods. Not just those affected by the project but also those living far away on the southern end of the Indus River in Sindh will be impacted. Yet, the Pakistan government has ignored experts’ warnings and the locals’ protests as it continues to push the project.
The proposed dam in the precarious Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan will have a 4.5 gigawatt hydroelectric power generation plant. It is in a seismically active zone, which makes the dam project a disaster waiting to happen. Amsterdam-based geologist Mustafa Gurgez said “The construction of such a big dam in an active earthquake zone is a suicidal project. There have been more than 900 tremors of 4-magnitude over the last 70 years in the region the dam is planned,” he said.
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