Daily Times

THARPARKAR: Pakistan people’s party (PPP) candidate Qasim Soomro on Friday laid out his strategy pertaining to water issues in PS-55 election campaign for Nangarparkar constituency.

Soomro presented his work plan for educational projects as well as a strategy to improve the technical methodology of water related issues at Cafe Thar.

According to Soomro, life of the people of Nanagrparkar will change with the initiation of mega projects and schemes.

Establishment of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants will solve all the major water related issues.

PPP has promised to play a vital role in supplying water door to door within a month.

Soomro while presenting his work plan said that flood irrigation should be discouraged as people are completely unaware of its long term consequences.

He added, that if people are willing to conserve water for the harvest, than the state should take responsibility to introduce techniques for preserving water.

Soomro stressed that it was pertinent that the private stakeholders adhere to the terms and conditions of the irrigation sector so that others can also benefit.

Furthermore, PPP leader said that a clear vision was the need of the hour, like that in Punjab, where water scarcity issues are dealt by investing huge amounts in techniques like tube wells.

Soomro presented the idea of using wind turbines to produce energy in Thar as it requirement is 200 megawatt (MW), whereas the additional generation of energy can be provided to the national grid station.

According to Qasim, the solution to all the diseases like malnutrition, starvation along with others is water. He added that rather than rescuing people and extending short time support, issues needed to be resolved.

Soomro said that for Thar, canal system was not feasible as it works best on flat surfaces which Thar doesn’t possess. He added that India’s Indra Gandhi canal is one of the longest in the world and the reason behind its success is it’s flat surface.

According to a report published by Thar Education Alliance (TEA) pertaining to the status of education in PS-55 constituency, there are a total of 701 schools in Nanagrparkar.

Out of the 701 schools, 578 lack proper water facilities, 484 schools are without electricity. Whereas, 420 of the 701 schools are without any boundary walls and more than 357 schools are deprived of sanitary facilities.

Published in Daily Times, June 23^rd 2018.