1. INDUS BASIN CHALLENGE – THE NEED FOR A COLLECTIVE RESPONSE
Dams, Dams and Even More Dams
(Storages, Storages & More Storages)
AHMAD KHAN BHATTI
May , 2016

2. NEED FOR STORAGE
Our Water Resources: Rainfall, snow & glacier melt (What comes from the Sky)
Large seasonal and annual variability
85% during Kharif (more than our need for Kharif)
15% during Rabi (less than our requirement for Rabi)
Surplus from Summer months needs to be stored for Winter

3. Historic pattern of wet and dry years
CARRY OVER STORAGE
Historic pattern of wet and dry years
Drought years 74-75, 82-83, (Jhelum & Chenab – )
Storage needed to conserve water for drought periods
Carry over storage not available at present

4. CARRY OVER CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Storage Capacity per Capita:
USA Cubic Meters
China Cubic Meters
Pakistan Cubic Meters
Carry-over Capacity:
Colorado River (USA) days of river runoff
Murray-Darling River (Australia) days of river runoff
Aswan Dam (Egypt) days of river runoff
India (Different Basins) days
Pakistan days (about 10% of river flow against international good practice of 40%)

5. WHERE TO STORE WATER Large storages possible only on large rivers
Indus: - Shyok / Katzarah - 6MAF / 690MW
- Bhasha MAF / 4500MW
- Kalabagh MAF / 3600MW
Jhelum: Some sites between Muzafarabad & Mangla
Chenab: – No Site for large Dam (except small storages at Marala and Chiniot)
Medium and small storage on streams and nullahs (where feasible)

6. OFF CHANNEL STORAGES Indus - Akhori Dam - Dhok Pathan Jhelum
(Serious Environment Issues)
Jhelum
- Rohtas (Serious Environment Issues)
6MAF / 600MW

7. AKHORI DAM LAYOUT PLAN

8. DHOK PATHAN DAM LAYOUT PLAN

9. BENEFITS OF STORING WATER
Food security
Drinking water supply
Cheap Hydropower
Flood Management
Drought mitigation
Environmental benefits
Economic benefits during construction

10. STORING WATER UNDERGROUND
Huge Potential
Safe from Evaporation Losses
Safe from Sedimentation
No Conveyance System required
Available on demand
Efficient use of water

11. HOW TO CREATE UNDERGROUND STORAGE
Taking flood water to designated storage sites:
- Greater Thal Canal
- Thar Canal (two lakes 0.45 MAF)
In River Beds of eastern rivers (Ravi, Sutlej)
Local retention of water in the fields by restricted entry to surface drains
Artificial Recharge
- in drain beds
- Urban areas
- Horizontal/vertical shafts

12. MORATORIUM ON DAMS & DEVELOPMENT THROUGH:
Dis-information:
Sindh will become a desert
Flooding upstream in Nowshehra
Water logging & salinity in Mardan & Pabbi
Specific case of disinformation
- water is being pumped out from CJ Link Canal
- Work on Kalabagh Dam has already started

13. THANK YOU