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Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ’s central leader and former Punjab general secretary Dr Yasmin Rashid has said the world agencies are warning impending crisis of water shortage in Pakistan but the incumbent government has given cold shoulder to the serious issue that can potentially lead to riots across the country.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, Dr Yasmin Rashid said the New York Times early this year warned that“energy-starved Pakistanis, their economy battered by chronic fuel and electricity shortages, may soon have to contend with a new resource crisis: major water shortages”.
Regretfully, she said, water and power minister Khawaja Asif had stated that “A combination of global climate change, waste and mismanagement have led to an alarmingly rapid depletion of Pakistan’s water supply under the present situation. In the next six to seven years, Pakistan can be a water-starved country.”
When the government and its minister concerned knew so well about the looming water crisis, Dr Yasmin Rashid asked that why the government had yet not taken necessary steps to avert the crisis. Is the government is waiting for eruption of riots in the country to respond to the crisis situation, she asked.
Commenting on the water crisis, Dr Yasmin Rashid lamented that even available water was being wasted and cited the example of washing vehicles at commercial level and government itself washing roads with fresh water.
Quoting Asian Development Bank’s report, Dr Yasmin said Pakistan had been ranked as one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified as ‘water scarce,’ with less than 1,000 cubic meters per person per year”.
Stating that many Pakistanis are using water 10 times higher than the average requirement of a person world over, she called for saving existing water by improving the storage and management and judiciously using in the agriculture sector to boost agricultural productivity and strengthening food security.
