Many dams and barrages, like Tarbela, Mangla, Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri, store and distribute water across the provinces, besides generating electricity. The Indus River is the largest irrigation ...

Tidal barrages destroy the places where birds and fish live. Hydroelectricity dams flood farmland and push people from their homes.

the then government had decided to keep the barrages full. Since the structures were not designed to function as dams, the pressure from stored water was found to be one of the reasons for the ...

The water high up behind the dam contains gravitational potential ... No harmful polluting gases are produced. Tidal barrages and hydroelectric power stations are very reliable and can be easily ...