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WATER

WATER. LIFE OR DEATH. Risk or Opportunity. Intended Audience. Legislative Assemblies (National & Provincial) Politicians in General – Political Parties Bureaucracy Mass Electronic Media NGOs and Pressure Groups. Life. Life. Life. Life.

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WATER

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  1. WATER LIFE OR DEATH

  2. Risk or Opportunity

  3. Intended Audience • Legislative Assemblies (National & Provincial) • Politicians in General – Political Parties • Bureaucracy • Mass Electronic Media • NGOs and Pressure Groups

  4. Life

  5. Life

  6. Life

  7. Life

  8. Environmental ShockFloods of 2008Meant Death for Thousands

  9. Death

  10. Death

  11. Death

  12. Death

  13. Depends on Risk Management

  14. Turning Shock into Opportunity

  15. Pakistan: A country home to 180 Million

  16. Seventh Largest Nation

  17. Started with 5260 cubic meterPer Capita water availability in 1951

  18. Now is 1038 cubic meters Per Capita in 2010

  19. Pakistan Connects – Roof of the World with Sea Level, in just 1380 Km

  20. Roof of the World Abundant Resource of Fresh Water

  21. Drains to the sea in just 1380 km

  22. Millennia Old Glaciers

  23. One of the Largest Resource of Fresh Water

  24. Draining to the SeaYear after Year

  25. Millions of Cusecs of Water2008 Floods

  26. Yet Again in2010 Floods

  27. Without benefiting farmers

  28. Every Year of Ordeal

  29. From Mountains

  30. To Farms

  31. To Arid Lands

  32. Millions Homeless

  33. An Unprepared NationCould not Decide to Builda Large DamAnd WastesMillions of Cusecs of Fresh Water

  34. Millions of Cusecs of Water2008 Floods

  35. Yet Again in2010 Floods

  36. Enough to Fill a Large DAM(Proposed Kalabagh DAM site)

  37. That would take a decade to fill(Existing Terbela DAM Lake)

  38. Obstacles that inhibitRisk Management • First feasibility since 1950s • Distrust over control of water among regions • Divided Provincial Governments • Lack of knowledge in Leaders • Leads to a Disillusioned Nation • And year-after-year of Ordeal

  39. A Resource for LifeTurns into Deathfor ThousandsEvery Year

  40. An Opportunityturned toRiskDue to Obstacles

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