Left Bank Outfall Drain is a drainage canal in Pakistan. Built between 1987 and 1997 using funding from the World Bank,[1] the canal collects saline water, industrial effluents and Indus river basin floodwater from more than two million hectares of land of Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas and Badin districts located in Nara River basin into the Arabian Sea.[2][3]
The canal overflowed in 2003 and 2011, causing widespread flooding it was meant to prevent.[4][5]
- ^ "Left Bank Outfall Drain: 'WB needs to consult Sindhis before it sinks millions of dollars into project'". 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Delay escalates Right Bank Outfall Drain cost to Rs62b". 16 June 2017.
- ^ Serageldin, Ismail. "Pakistan-Left Bank Outfall Drain Stage-1 Project".
- ^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/321662/left-bank-outfall-drain-wb-needs-to-consult-sindhis-before-it-sink s-millions-of-dollars-into-project/
- ^ "Evolution of the Delta, the LBOD outfall system and the Badin dhands – chapters 3 & 4" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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