• The importance of feasibility studies

The understanding of feasibility involves a consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of a
proposed development.
Too many projects are planned without a proper feasibility study being carried out beforehand, and fail as
a consequence. The Nooriabad and Hab industrial estates are both struggling because they were placed
in areas with inadequate water supplies. A proper feasibility study would have identified this as a reason
to:
either delay the projects until sufficient water supplies could be provided
or reject the project, if providing an adequate supply of water was impossible
or limit the size of the project to fit the amount of water available.
Whether a new dam is to be built, a forest planted, a mine developed, a cash crop farm developed, a
factory built, a hotel built, an airport or a road built, and whether a project is large, medium or small,
a feasibility study is vital before any plan for its site and/or size/scope and/or route is drawn up and
decisions are taken.