Dams a must for water, food, energy security, says WAPDA Chairman

摘要

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) has emphasised the importance of dam development by stating that as much as 20 million acres of barren land can be brought under plough if the water is made available by developing water storages in the country. Speaking to a delegation of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the WAPDA chairman said that with construction of dams, the country can strengthen its agriculture to attain food security and cope with the fast growing needs of water in domestic and industrial sectors besides injecting sizeable low-cost hydroelectricity into the National Grid to stabilize the national economy.