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1. Sharing water: engineering the Indus Water Treaty.

Author

Tombs, Graham

Subjects
TARBELA Dam (Pakistan), DAMS, HYDRAULIC structures
Abstract

The article presents a commentary to a previously published report by David Birch, Aslam Rasheed and Iftikhar Drabu on the Tarbela dam and other Indus basin projects in Pakistan as well as cites the authors' reply. The commentary highlights the benefits provided by the Tarbela dam which include 60% of water resources and 40% of electric power. In response, the author reiterates the disadvantages of the dam which include failure to increase staple crops production and environmental problem.

Published
2007

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