Daily Times

Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources on Thursday directed IRSA and all provincial irrigation departments to bring all details about water distribution mechanism among the provinces and all rules and systems in place for the same. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Shamim Afridi here at the Parliament House and was attended among others by Senators Muhammad Usman Kakar, Rana Maqbool Ahmed, Sassui Palijo, John Kenneth Williams, Syed Sabir Shah, Waleed Iqbal, Secretary Water Resources, representatives from WAPDA, and irrigation departments. The committee was informed that provinces have several reservations over the water distribution, therefore, the committee decided to check complete details of water distribution mechanism. While discussing the matter of the land lost due to sea intrusion on different coastal district of Sindh so far and the construction of Sindh Barrage and its impact on reduction of sea intrusion the Committee decided to move a privilege motion against Chairman WAPDA on his continued absence from the merits of the Committee.