MULTAN,April 2nd:Seraikistan Qaumi Movement (SQM) Chief Hameed Asghar Shaheen has said that Kalabagh Dam is the only solution to meet energy requirements as it is the only option to take the bull of energy by horns and to irrigate the million acres of barren land of Thal and Cholistan.Talking to newsmen here on friday.Shaheen said that Kalabagh dam project was dropped by the rulers because it was in the benefit of Southern Punjab which could change the destiny of 50 million people.He said that Indus Basin Irrigation system is "the food machine of our country which is going to be impeded by our negligence and poor strategic wisdom". He also said that question of Pakistan's progress and development came immediately after country's birth when only 20 to 30MW electricity was produced. He said that first violent step had been taken by India when she stopped Ravi and Satluj and ruined 7 million acres of fertile belt of Pakistan.In 1960 India snatched the water of three rivers and Pakistan chose to construct Mangla and Terbela through Indus Water Treaty. He called it a pro-Indian accord although it was signed by Pakistan administration. "We cannot find this kind of accord today since no country can compromise her future when her economy, development, progress and prosperity walks immensely with the flow of water," he added.He advocated Kalabagh Dam by referring a report -The Development of Water and Pawer Resources of West Pakistan complied by Indus Study Team formulated by Dr. Lifnic executive director of World bank- that it was the only project which will provide ample energy in the opening decades of twenty first century. He also said that present crisis had been forecasted by the Indus Study Team and he had also been apprising the ruling and political elite of the intense sensitivity of the issue but nobody would pay heal to it.He rejected the thermal production of electricity completely and said that fuel cast makes the production cost too high. According to him 1 kg of furnace oil casting Rs. 50 can be used in the production of 4 units only and per unit production cast becomes Rs. 12 whereas hydal unit can be produced of 49 paisas only. 40% of the consumers are domestic and others are industrial and agricultural. How they all would be comfortable with thermal unit casting sky high as compared to hyderal unit. We are not only facing short fall, destroying our industry and agriculture rather we are obliterating our economy."We have to put our own house in order first only then we can look straight into the eyes of India and India could never harm us if we would have husbanded our portion of water", he said while replying to a question.Commenting on the Apportionment Accord Shamas said that the matter had been politicised no way in the favor and interest of the country rather it had been done only to score more and more points. He said that Khayber Pakhtoonkhwa is above the Kabul river and Sindh got 14.7 million acre ft instead of 10 million acre ft which is 47% more after the construction of terbela dam. So he rejected all reservations and appealed the authorities to go for this precious project. "We are paying the price of our previous mistakes and we have to pay more in future if we don't think well no," he concluded.