The road Shydo plans to build despite strong local opposition will have to be constructed at the cost of more than 40,000 oak trees, which will have to be felled on the eastern hills of Bahrain, in Swat, Pakistan. This ugly denudation will add to the creeping deforestation in the area. It will also increase the number of flash floods. The road designed near the forest will give access to the timber mafia to the precious deodar trees. The diversion of the river will cause tremendous loss to tourism, agriculture, the environment and the already diminishing forests, as well as the livelihoods of the local people. More here.