Drainage/Water-logging Problems in Nowshera

The raised water level in the River Kabul is feared to create excessive drainage problems in the area and lead to increasing and ruinous waterlogging.

In the originally designed dykes plan, it was provided to use sludge pumps to drain out any rain water accumulating behind the 25-ft dykes, and which was declared an impractical solution.
In the revised scenario as well, no notice has been taken of the problem and little practical solutions identified for its remedy.

In addition, the raised water table in River Kabul will ultimately seep into the foundations of the buildings, both in and around Nowshera city, and render the old as well as new constructions habitat-risky. This effect will not only result in the desertification of the important Nowshera Cantonment, but also the historical villages lying on the banks of River Kabul.