Pakistani media is ignoring a disaster in waiting in Hunza: Story of a lake and the sinking paradise – by Irfan Siddiqi
The LUBP has previously posted an article on this topic by Dr Shahid Siddiqui highlighting the gravity and urgency of this issue. Gojal (in uppper Hunza) needs to be be declared a calamity-hit area, extending rightful facilities to its residents. The debris removal work should be expedited by extending the shifts to 24 hours and increasing the labour and number of machines so that the entire area could be saved from an avoidable but soon approaching calamity.
Today, senior journalist Irfan Siddiqui has written an article on this topic in Daily Jang, which is provided below:
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Tags: Calamity, Disaster, floods in Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hunza, Irfan Siddiqi, Landslide, Pakistani Media
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CONVERTING AN IMMINENT DISASTER INTO A POSSIBLE ENERGY SOURCE
Why cant we use that naturally created water reservoir to generate electricity. If proper steps are taken to contain and control the water spill, government could build a dam over on it, let it be generating electricity for a short while like for 8~10 months, while the water is in required abundance, but this will give us an immense opportunity to produce electricity. The natural height of location, flow speed and quantum of water stored so far is an excellent chance to shift a disaster into an energy generating plant. There are many examples in the world when rushing waters were carefully contained and shifted into channels where average sized low cost generators were installed and huge amount of electricity thus produced.
Most important matter is, that place or potential project is not politicized … yet.
Dear Khan Thanks for Sharing us with ur Worth a While Idea… Yes that can be possible … We Should be now building DAM to control the flow and if possible than we can Also go for generating electricity with it…