Daman is a land, locally known, in between Suleman Range and River Indus and people from this area are called Damani. It should have been completed latest by 70s. The same will happen before the start of this dam. Political practitioners exploit the situation, arising out of it, for their own political gains. The farmer community is always at the receiving end and helpless, and, hence, remains indifferent.
Economic benefits accrued to farmers are normally over-estimated.
Facts are concealed from the real stockholders. While the construction of Gomal Dam has earned some coverage in the print media, the inhabitants of Tank and Kulachi tehsils, the command area of the dam, do not know anything about the project. Farmers want to know about command area, status of the age-old irrigation rights acknowledged by the British rulers while devising Rodh Kohi irrigation system, maps and plans of canals before start of the dam. Over and above, the pros and cons of the project, which should have been evaluated and debated much earlier, would be discussed at regional level at various for a, even at this stage. Concealing this impact assessment and other vital information from the stockholders would make the equitable distribution of the project unattainable.