Bhasha dam’s construction to begin from Feb: Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday announced building of Bhasha and Munda dams to fulfill the country’s rapidly increasing water and energy requirements.
Declaring that water is the lifeline for Pakistan’s sustained economic growth, the president said the earth-breaking for the construction of Bhasha dam would commence in the first week of February.
He said by 2016 all dams, including Bhasha, Kalabagh, Akori, Munda and Koram Tangi, would be constructed. He also unveiled a new National Finance Commission Award, allocating greater resources for provinces.
In an address to the nation, the president expressed a firm resolve to rebuild quake-shattered areas on modern lines and said the government was fully seized with the challenging task. He dismissed as absolutely wrong the impression being created by vested interests that a military operation was under way in parts of Balochistan and said it was the Frontier Corps, which had acted in self-defence against anti-development elements.