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Punjab, Sindh to suffer water shortage
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Punjab and Sindh, the major wheat growing
provinces, will have to suffer a 73.3 per cent and 70pc water
shortage, respectively , in the remaining months of the Rabi
season, an official announcement said.
The Indus River System Authority made the announcement after a
review of the water situation at a meeting attended by the
irrigation ministers of all the provinces on Wednesday.
Having assessed the utilization of water by the provinces,
Irsa said they had drawn 60pc of water against a projected
shortage of 51pc in the past few months. In the coming months
their share would have to be further curtailed, it added.
The authority called upon the irrigation secretaries to
utilize water judiciously and advised them to revise their
irrigation plans. It underlined the need for adoption of
better on-farm water management techniques in view of
increasing water shortage.
courtesy Dawn
February 7, 2002
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