KARACHI: Sindh Agriculture adviser Manzoor Wasan on Sunday specified that the provincial government is grimly worried about the water shortage in the province.
Manzoor Wasan in his announcement blamed Punjab is stealing Sindh’s water with the help of IRSA.
They want to seizure Sindh into a desert by stopping its due share of water, he added.
Sindh’s advisor said water deficiency in the province has reached a disturbing level of 53pc.
He further said that the water level at Chamsha and Taunsa Barrages has thrown down to 40,000 cusecs.
After agriculture and drinking water, it is now feared that water supply to industries may be exaggerated.
He said and added that due to severe water shortage, crops of cotton and sugarcane have been damaged.
Wasan asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take notice of the substance and safeguard the provision of a due share of water to Sindh.
Previously, Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said that the water situation in the country will improve by June 30.
Addressing the floor of the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said Sindh is facing a severe shortage of water and wished that situation will improve by June 30.
He said the shortage in water will also be shared with the provinces accordingly.
Shah said we have to be combined in this threatening situation as the country faced the water crisis in 1951 too.