Pakistan North West Frontier Province(NWFP) minister for irrigation, Bashir Bilour saidin Peshawar recently that the construction of theKalabagh dam could not be allowed at any cost as it wasa potential hazard to four of the most cultivated districtsof NWFP.
Elaborating, the minister said that the 900 ft high lakeof the Kalabagh dam would negatively affect the southerndistricts because the ground level of these districts washigher than the maximum height of the lake. He stressedthat the lake's water too could not be used for these areasbecause a 192-km wide mountain would block the waterto the south.