Sir: Water is life and an essential for our lives more than just to quench thirst and protect health. Billion of the people in the world are suffering due to scarcity of water. In Pakistan severe water crisis are looming.
Nearly 70 percent of the population of Pakistan associated directly or indirectly with agriculture. Cotton, for an instance, was once biggest agri-export. Water shortage may cause severe blow to agri-exports.
It won’t be wrong to say that the ‘Pakistan’s looming water crisis is a ticking bomb’. Experts say that the main reason behind the problem is the rapid population growth and habit of water-wastage.
Annually, three percent Pakistan is urbanizing at a very rapid rate which is the highest in the South Asia. Therefore, Pakistan’s cities can’t keep up with the residents water demand. Also the system has trouble providing such basis services to the new urban residents like houses and water.
The ultimate solution to the issue is building of more and more dams. Recently Government of Pakistan and Supreme Court of Pakistan have collectively started the collection of funds for two dams to be constructed. This is an initial and good step towards the issue circulating. Hope that nation will be able to hear a good disclosure about it soon.
SAFIA KAMRAN
Karachi