One of the best informative video regarding Pakistan's river system.

Complete discussion is win by Dr. Hassan Abbas scientific and logical mind person.. Pakistan should learn from Dr. Hassan Abbas.. Other side saving status quo (Pakistan's bureaucrats mind set who do nothing except continue old setup and things)..

Excellent debate, conducted largely in a very civil manner. The complete opposite of “debates” shown every day on the mainstream news channels. The only sad part was that Mr. Durrani seemed to get upset whenever he was negated by a sound rebuttal from Dr. Abbas. For such a seasoned bureaucrat, it doesn’t bode well if he has to pass snide remarks or belittle Dr. Abbas’ research and theory. If the doctor is presenting a theory i.e. there’s a lot of clean water under the river bed, Mr. Durrani could’ve just said “yes it’s interesting and we should explore it”. There was no need to scoff at such claims. For a completely unbiased viewer (as I was since I had no idea or opinion on this subject), it seemed Dr. Abbas won the debate because he presented well structured and researched views, and also responded to specific points made by Mr. Durrani with specific research and logic. Whereas on the other hand, when Mr. Durrani had to respond to any challenge thrown by Dr. Abbas, he either said it was untrue without giving any evidence why it was untrue, or largely just ignored him. But anyways, many thanks to the TBH team for setting up this debate, and I hope they continue to do so.

Super glad to be watching this on your youtube channel. Kudos to the effort of organizing such debates and bringing them to the public circle.

I m 100% agreed wd Dr.sahab we dot need any dam now...biggest stake holder is World Bank...so using of river bed aquifer is best idea.

Excellent discussion, very informative for people who don't know much about this topic and just hear stuff in the main stream. Really enjoyed listening...

A hot (passionate) debate on a wet subject. A riveting, informative discussion on rivers, geology, hydrology, economics, history, politics and climate change. A thoroughly enjoyable and educational debate, one of the best on The Black Hole.

I love wusatullah Khan and the way he disects the problems

Such a great, educating enlighteninh and, thought provoking video

Shakil durani is a very beautiful example of our beaurocratic system after a long long experience ill informed and against the changes

Very informative discussion. Excellent show👍

वुस्तुल्लाह खान बीबीसी वाले क्या खूब रिपोर्टर है। अपने चुटीले अंदाज में व्यंग्य करते हैं हालाते हाजरा पर । मैं ऐसी रिपोर्टिंग पसंद करता है।

Excellent. Learned a lot from Dr Hasan Sb and it made a lot of sense as well. We can make do with run of the river projects to generate electricity and draw water from river bed but the question remains if that is going to be sustainable in the long run or not. Also climate change also kind of makes the argument to build dams, so to store excess water when baseline river flows would dwindle due to decrease glacial output. But all in all a great debate and would like to learn a lot more in the future with this channel.

this is the BBC journalist who read news like poem. I like that style.

Excellent discussion.

Thought provoking debate, we don’t think about environmental/ecological problems of dams.

Agree with Hassan Abbas ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, we have agri land in Kacha area of Kashmor(Sindh), it's sandy on both sides of the river and ground water is pure, have witnessed it myself.

Giving some %age of water to Kashmiri Muslims is the well Come step.. But what about the water being used by Hindus in Jammu and Buddhists in Ladakh? Durrani sahib has conveniently dragged the water into religion and I wouldn't be surprised if the Air is also dragged into the Religion in future.

Dr Abbas's scientific approach contrasts with Mr Durrani's pragmatic approach which is perhaps explained by their backgrounds. Satellite image of the Indus shows a large flood plain suggesting that it may have been a much larger river in the past. There is no doubt that with melting glaciers and increased rains due to GW the Indus level will rise. The problem is that the sea level rise will cause loss of river delta if dams are built to control the river and conserve water. Engineering solutions required may sadly be beyond the financial means or expertise of PK.

Pakistan need a huge projects to change canal flood irrigation system with drip irrigation system . Make a map of concrete pond storage system connected with irrigation lines in every corner of country . With precise drip irrigation system pakistan can bring millions of acres land under cultivation in cholistan , thul , south kpk , Sindh & Baluchistan

Dr H. Abbas sir you are great , bohat achi baten huee hen, riverbed reserve wali baat bhi interesting he , irrigation department men jo kuch hota he us men aksar Pakistan ko beeche chor diya jata he aur , ......

ڈاکٹر حسن عباس اور شکیل درانی بہترین وضاحت ۔

Problem yeh k Dr Hasan k plans 20-30 years k hain, educate people and natural ways etc but do anyone think this nation can survive another 3 decades?? we need to adapt both models, also the most importance GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE, and GOVERNANCE.

Saw Shakeel Chaudhary sitting next to Dr Hoodbhoy! Great program!

Arrogance of Durrani Sb makes it evident that why our bureaucracy is what it is

Well literate dr Hassan Abbas

Great discussion.

the host is really good at his job. keeping debate on points and well informed

Dr. Hasan, you provedvthe ground water hold mathematically woderfully

such a great discussion but only 1k views.

Very good argument about use of water Kashmiri Muslim because water of Chenab and Jhelum is also Muslim

The intelligencia of pakistan, keep it up

Thank you sir for this debate, it was very informative to listen to ❤️

This old man in the discussion panel (Shakil Durrani) is crooked to the core. From his arguments it is clear that he is speaking for the interests of the influentials and not for the general public. Mr. Durrani will surely not behave in such a manner (interrupting Dr. Abbas repeatedly, negating his argument without evidence and trying to belittle him with other pathetic tactics) if the same talk is happening on a western forum, here he knows very well how to appeal the majority of public who is not that literate to understand the logical arguments of Dr. Abbas.

Bureaucrat discarding ideas provided by scientists is the biggest problem of this country.

Waterlogged area in Sindh was a wrong cropping pattern and now after using hybrid crops the problem of waterlogging is now totally went off and now been able to get Rabi crops on those lands like wheat.

درانی صاحب کے رائے ایک بیوروکریٹ کی ہے اور ڈاکٹر صاحب کی ایپروچ ایک سائنٹسٹ کی ہے

آمر خان انڈین ایکٹر نے پانی فاؤنڈیشن نامی ایک سسٹم متعارف کرایا جس طریقے سے بیرانی علاقوں میں کام کیے اور وہاں پانی کا مسئلہ حل کیا اس سے فلڈ کنٹرول بھی ہوتا ہے اور خشکی کا بھی خاتمہ ہو سکتا ہے بڑے ڈیم کی جگہ چھوٹے چھوٹے ڈیم بناکر بہت سے مسائل حل ہو سکتے ہیں

Yellow River can't be diverted to Gobi Desert. Yangzi river can be diverted.

Punjab is extracting 99 percent of ground water excluding it's share of surface water. KB dam is envisaged a dam cum barrage as 2 canals proposed for Punjab and KPK.

Never heard this type of intelligence discussion in India... As a human I thanks you...

Where do you record this program? How can one attend this in person?

Very sad to see the decorum of the debate in this video. Noone should be allowed to talk over anyone, or shout.

Dr Hassan Abbas is imposing impractical biased fictional opinion, whereas Shakil Durrani has valid indepth conditional, situational point of view.

Feasibility studies in fav of Dam/other needs to be funded else these discussions create confusion

Interesting discussion on such a dry subject.

Dr Hassan Please through a practical idea. I am convinced that we must think out of the box but who will bring the change in this bleeding system where Punjab and Sindh are blaming each other over inflow measurement

جب آپ اپنے تجربات کی بات کرتے ہیں تومایوس کرتے ہیں حُسن کو مشورہ دیتے ہیں کہ planning commission کو جاَ ئییں

Sir please one more session on water about Pakistan's water apportionment accord of 1991 and why this narrative is build that sindh is not received his assigned share of water and link of dams with this treaty. Thanks!

1:47:45 what durrani Sahab is essentially arguing that right now we are pumping 50 million acre feet of underground water...but since he is arguing for the sake of argument only and ignores the fact that they are extracting TOXIC AND SALT water.

دریائے سندھ اور جہلم میں مارچ سے لے کر 15 مئی تک پانی کتنا آتا ہے؟ اس دوران صوبہ سندھ میں خریف کی فصل شروع ہو جاتی ہے ۔ مجھے بتایا جائے اگر منگلا اور تربیلا ڈیم نہ ہوں تو سندھ میں خریف کی بوائی کے لئے پانی کہاں سے آئے گا۔

Actullay Hassan Abbas is a lover of old time rivers. He is expressing emotions under the cover of scientific ways.

The saying that you cannot teach old dogs new tricks is so true. I may seem to be rude but The older gentleman ( segment 1:41) is talking rubbish to the solution given by Dr Abbas of getting over the debate by drilling test wells every km. On a lighter note the older gentleman should not talk with such arrogance and disregard to the guest speaker Dr Abbas. They have played their innings and have a few years to go. They are not concerned if the sea level may rise 8 inches 50 years from today.

Pervez hoodbhai zindabad.

سنڌ ۾ پاڻي جي شديد کوٽ آھي ۔ ڄامشورو پل تي درياھ جا در بند آھن ۔ ڄامشورو کان ڪيٽيبندر تاءين درياھ جو پاڻي نٿو پھچي انسان جانور آبيزندگي متاثر ٿءي ٿي ۔ مھمانن ۾ ڪو سنڌي ب شامل ڪيو وڃي ھا ۔ ھتي گٽرن جو اخراج درياھ ۾ ٿءي ٿو ۔

دریاؤں کو دیکھیں تو دریاؤں کے دونوں طرف صرف 4/5 میل تک گراؤنڈ واٹر بہتر ھے ۔ باقی علاقوں والے کیا بھاڑ میں جائیں گے۔

ڈاکٹر صاحب اپنی بات پر عمل درآمد سندھ سے کروائیں ۔ اس کے لئے گدو سکھر اور کوٹری بیراج کو بند کر دیں تاکہ سندھ میں زراعت بہتر ہو جائے ۔ سندھ کی عوام خود ہی ڈاکٹر صاحب کو دھکے دے کر باہر نکال دیں گے۔

سرہند کینال 1873 میں بنی، اس وقت سندھ کی حکومت کہاں تھی

Please don’t waste water 💦 ❤

If everything was balanced, why was Sindh, and most of Punjab a desert before Tarbella, why was Pakistan a net food importer before Tarbella?

I think we need more Generals than Dams for improvement of Pakistan.

Shakeel saab is present in audience

پاکستان میں تعلیم کی بہت کمی ۔۔🇮🇳

Durrani saab is a big fan of Ayub. Apparently, after Ayub things went to hell in a handbasket in Pakistan. Pashtun aika zindabad!

Modern tech ke. Liye. Bhi. Padhyi karni. Padti. Hai. Need. Science

50 MAF water escaped below KOTRI if u had 2 dams u had done a lot better

حسن عباس کی بات مجھے تو کچھ بھی حل کی طرف نظر نہیں آئے،. میرے کچھ سوال ہیں جب پاکستان میں مہینے بارش ہو رہی ہو تو اس پانی کو اگلے نو ماہ تک کہاں سٹور کروں اگر سٹور نہ کروں تو کیسے پانی کا استعمال ممکن ہے؟ اگر سارا پانی ایک سے 3 مہینے میں سارا پانی اور ملٹ یا مٹی بھی ساتھ لے کر سمندر میں ڈبو دیں تو باقی 9 ماہ تک چھڑکریں بجائیں؟

Dam is in da interest of world bank.

is jahal ko itna pata nahi ke aaj bi fiber optics network sabse acha hai or aaj bi world mein new lgaya ja raha hai

pani ka daroga 😊

اس سال 40 ملین ایکڑ فٹ سے زائد پانی سمندر میں گرا۔ بتا سکتے ہیں کہ کتنی زمین سمندر سے واپس لی۔

بجلی پاتھیان جلا کر بناوگی😊

I hope wapda guy gets fired. 15 years in the industry and still blames govt. What was he doing in such high posts

Let guests speak more.

Shame on Durrani on you, that ypu said Jhelum water in Kashmir area is being used by Muslims of Indian Kashmir, why not Hibfus of Indian Kashmir are not legitimate owner of this Jhelum river water. Hell with the Pakistani bureaucrats like you & pakistani think tanksm

پاکستان میں ، انگلش بطورلازمی مضمون ختم ردیں آپ کا بچہ ڈراپ آؤٹ نہیں ہو گا اور لٹریسی ریٹ بڑھ جائے گا ۔

ڈاکٹر صاحب اللہ کا نام لیں۔ گراؤنڈ واٹر صرف پنجاب میں پانی بہتر ھے ۔ سندھ میں تو زیادہ تر بریش واٹر ہے۔

Phoj hi kha gai Pakistan ko

If their is water then 100 ways to use if their is no water then 100000 ways useless so save water . Learn from recent deaths of cattle in cholistan & sindh

Sadlay, shola bayani making no sense, per talyan... Wasn't expecting this at TBH

Shakil durrani aik typical beurocrate hay, ayub khan ka fan bhi hay oor uska ooper ka hissa khali hay, jis taraha woh ghusey main aa raha hay woh samagh main aata hay kiyon kay poori umer usney yahi kuch kiya hoga oor zahir hay usko jawab dainey wala koee naheen hoga, Pakistan aaj jis barbadi kee kinarey khara hay usmain Durrani jaisey jahil oor bad dimagh bandoon ka buhut bara hath hay.

The Financiers of this debate seem to be Anti-Dam Lobbyists in Pakistan. Mostly one-sided bias. It is essential to have regular debates on such issues but with both sides of the argument present.

American/Indian money talking. You will hear more and more such absurd and nonsense discussions. So sad to see Pakistanis talking about the destruction of Pakistan, for only few pennys.

Anchor is trying to thrust his unfounded beliefs. He is anti Dam believer like we believe in religion. This is scientific discussion, this anchor must not be used in future scientific discussion. Please send him to religious discussions and conspiracy theories discussions. Share waste of time.

یہ جو بندہ ڈیم کی مخالفت کر رہا ہے اس کی شکل ہندوؤں جیسی کیوں ہے ؟