Monument of Destruction: Right Bank Outfall Drainage Project

Approaching the Drainage IssueSymptoms rather Causes

Big Projects (SCARP, LBOD and Now RBOD)

Ignoring Sources of Drainable surplus

Ideological Division

People Focused, Environment Friendly, Economically Efficient and Financially Beneficial Philosophy

Versus Over Simplified, Engineering Structures

Guided by Tunnel vision.

Salient Features of Drain

273 KM LongDisposal in Gharo Creek at Thatta district282 structures Effluent:Stage –1 : 2271 CusecsStage –2 : 3500 Cusecs ( Drain to be Constructed)Stage – 3: Under discussion at Planning Division

Why to Hide? Issue of Transparency

No single Public ConsultationHiding project related InformationWhy Information sharing is Essential: Generates wider public acceptance·  Ensures transparency and accountability·  Gives space for wider public discourse and participation·   Pools knowledge base from both experts and local

wisdom·  Corrects project/program at planning phase

Origin of Disaster

Converting Fresh Water MNV into Drain by WAPDA in 1984

Gambling with Manchar Lake

State of Decision Making/Proposals

Devastation of MancharIndus Link : 43 billionBaran Nai : 45 billionLakha Range Foothills: 76 billionBaran Nai though Tunnel: 84 Finally RBOD: 14 billion

Basic Logic of Planners

Transport drainage water from 32 drains

Saving of Manchar Lake from drainage water

Saving River Indus from Pollution

Reason to Ask?

Why toxic drainage effluent disposed in Manchar?

Who was responsible?

What accountability mechanism is to deal with such kind of crimes?

Who Cares? Uprooting of Villages

Complete demolitionOf 75 historical villages

Dislocation of 20000 People

Indirect effect on 200 Villages and 50000

Discontinuation of walk Ways

Increased women workload

Damage to Mosques

Damage to Roads, Electricity & Water Supply

End of 5000 Year Old History

Burying the 5000 oldHistory: Site of Amri

Future Threat to theShrine of Qaladar Shahbaz

Danger to Fateh Ali Shah (Shrine of Ismailees)

Snatching Land from Indus River

Destruction of Ecology/Hill Torrent Management

Disconnecting Hill Torrent From Indus

Playing with NatureConvergence of Nai’s

Future Flooding

Compensation Versus Emotion

Villages represent cultural emotions

Historical Right of settled piece of land

Putting Rupees value to every thing?

Involuntary Dislocation

No choice, No land to settle Where to Go?

Grave Yard of Livelihood: Cont.

Historical Water & land Rights: VersusDoctrine of Legality

Market Value versus Right to Live

Third Major Development in Area of 1.5 Km wide

Grave Yard of Livelihood

Discontinuation of 100 W/C

Leaving 50000 acres land Uncultivated15000 acres used by Drain

Discontinuing Aral WahDiscontinuation of Inundation Water sources and lift irrigation

Environment – Poverty Nexus

Overflowing and Secondary Salinity

Declining Quality of Ground Water

Seepage will cause water logging and Salinity

Touching Drain to Indus River

Environmental-Poverty Nexus Cont.

Seepage and security of KB Feeder

Water Quality of Kenjhar, Hadero and Haleji Lake

Kotri Industrial Area Effluent Sea Intrusion, Devastation for Indus Delta at

Gharo

Biological Extinction and Poverty

Declined water quality in Kenjhar, Haleji and Hadero reduce number of migratory birds

Overflowing of saline water & Adding Industrial effluent cause harm to fish

Toxic effluent destroy aquatics life

Equity

Benefit of upstream users

Loss of Downstream users mostly Poor

Inbuilt inequity in Project Design

Link of U/S Fresh Water Development and D/S Drains

Is there any link between: Fresh water development work at U/S & Drainage

work at D/S

Who Guarantees completion of work ? Will it not end at D/S kotri and dispose in Indus? What Experiences tell us (LBOD, CRBIP)?

Goodbye to Indus Delta

No Fresh Water D/S Kotri

LBOD on Left Side

RBOD on Right SideWhat do You Think aboutIndus Delta and Coast from 50 year now?