Pakistan dam threat to livelihoods

Plan to build $12bn dam on the Indus river could displace thousands in northern regions.

Pakistani mountain

Pakistan, which gets about a third of its power from hydro-electricity, is planning to build a $12bn dam in an effort to get power to the rugged northern regions.

But it means blocking the Indus river, in the valleys of Baltistan.

That would flood villages 40km upstream and force tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the shadow of one of the world’s great mountains.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reports.

Source: Al Jazeera