Mangla Dam Raising Project (Pakistan): General Review and Socio-Spatial Impact Assessment

Saheeb-Ahmed Kayani (1)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

In this research paper, different aspects of Mangla dam raising project have been reviewed. The raising project like the construction of the dam brought with it dislocation of a large number of people as one major city and three towns in the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir have been affected (partially inundated). The affected population of these areas has been offered a generous compensation package by the government and various development projects have been launched for rehabilitation and even uplift of the living standards of these people. It is too early to comment on the outcome of these resettlement efforts but an attempt has been made to highlight different human issues through an initial socio-spatial impact assessment of the project.

Mots clés: Mangla dam raising; river Jhelum; sedimentation; resettlement; socio-spatial impact

Domaines: Ingénierie de l'environnement; Environnement et Société; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

Saheeb-Ahmed Kayani. Mangla Dam Raising Project (Pakistan): General Review and Socio-Spatial Impact Assessment. 2012. ⟨hal-00719226⟩