THATTA, Sept 19: Yuki Tanabe, a representative of the Japan Centre for Sustainable Society, has termed the proposed Kalabagh dam project, Left Bank Outfall Drain and Right Bank Outfall Drain disastrous for people, agriculture and environment.

Mr Tanabe, who is conducting a survey on the controversial projects, said that in future donor and funding agencies should avoid aiding such projects in underdeveloped countries to avert backlash from people against them.

Speaking at a gathering of fishermen and NGO activists at the office of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum in Makli, he recommended to the Japan government to help relieve Pakistan of such mega projects being funded by the World Bank through the Asian Development Bank.

The Japanese expert, who had visited Thatta, Badin, Nawabshah, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts, made the ADB responsible for the irreparable losses to people due to the LBOD.

He said that the entire delta belt would turn into the ruins.

PFF coordinator (water and environment) Abu Bakar Shaikh and the policy director of the World Rivers, Mr Peter said the Pakistan government was bent upon constructing mega water projects against the international parameters.

They said that there was no water for dams.

They said that manmade disasters and ill-planning had ruined hundreds of settlements and shattered thousands of acres of land in Sindh.

They said that the people of Sindh had taken to the streets due to poverty, unemployment and step-motherly attitude of the government.