PML Sindh leaders called on President Musharraf here at Rawalpindi on Friday and it was finalised in the meeting that PML Sindh leaders would use their efforts to create a consensus in Sindh on construction of five big water reservoirs including Kalabagh dam.
The PML Sindh delegation including Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro, National Security Council's Secretary Tariq Aziz, federal ministers from Sindh Liaquat Jatoi, Abdul Razzaq Thahim, Ghous Bux Mahar, Secretary General PML Sindh Nadir Akmal Leghari, Imtiaz Shaikh and other political notables of the province attended the meeting.
The President while addressing the PML leaders said that the dams are the need of the country and imperative for the future survival and sustainable of the economic growth. Kalabagh dam has been in the best interest of Sindh, he added. "I want to save Sindh, for which construction of Kalabagh Dam is necessary", he said and added that he has announced to build Bhasha and Munda dams first respecting public opinion.
He said before creating a consensus on dams in the province and addressing peoples' reservations on the issue, mutual differences should be sorted out. Musharraf said that the construction of all five large dams would be completed till 2016.
PML leaders lauded the decision to build Bhasha and Munda dams first saying that the President has respected the public opinion and now the people will esteem the President's opinion.