Marri welcomes shelving of KBD

The Minister said that her party had always taken stance that the project was impractical because provincial assemblies of Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan had passed resolutions against it and the PPP, being a federal party, could not undertake a plan, which negated the principles of federalism.

"Whether in opposition or in power, the PPP has always talked about the masses", Marri maintained.

She said that Kalabagh Dam was not fulfilling the energy requirements but was creating hatred among the federating units.

She said that energy was part of party's manifesto and the government had been working for increasing the use of alternate energy resources.

To cope with the growing energy shortage, the government is mulling over to set up Thar Coal project, solar and wind mill projects, she said and hoped that the energy crisis would be overcome next year. When told that the international donor agencies were willing to finance the construction of Dam, she said it was not matter of finance but as the entire project was against the interest of Pakistani people, so the question of someone promising money for the project was irrelevant.