Threatened Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings
Some 35,000 petroglyphs located in Pakistan’s Indus River area will soon be flooded by a giant dam. An archeologist from Heidelberg is trying to save as much as he can before encroaching modernity destroys the remote area’s cultural history. Read article >>
There is also the little bit about 4,400 megawatts of electricity being generated by the planned power plant and the 40,000 people that will have to be evacuated.