Kalabagh Dam is indispensable for the progress of the country and all those who were opposing its construction were enemies and playing with the country's future. Only because of the government's silence over this dam, the country is suffering huge financial loss annually which can be saved by constructing the dam, he said. Muhammad Khan Saddozai said that the government should constitute a team of experts that should convince all the provinces that Kalabagh Dam was necessary for the progress and prosperity of the country.
He said that experts had already said that the dam would pose no threat to Nowshera, as the city was 150 feet above the water level. Kalabagh Dam is not only beneficial to Punjab but it will be more helpful in erasing the poverty from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because it would help irrigate 800,000 acres that is located 100-150 feet above the level of Indus River, he said adding that this land could only be used for cultivation if the river level is raised, which is possible only if Kalabagh Dam project will be completed.
He said that the construction of Kalabagh Dam is must to ensure availability of water to the agriculture sector and cheaper electricity to both the trade and industry of the country. The government should develop consensus among federating units by convincing them that building Kalabagh Dam is the only way out of the ongoing power crisis.