Indus Delta region is also suffering due to severe water shortage
Karachi: Central Information Secretary Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians and Member National Assembly Ms. Shazia Atta Marri has said that Sindh province is currently facing severe water shortage as the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has been violating the 1991 Water Accord which is both criminal and unconstitutional and highly condemnable act.
In a tweet on Saturday on severe water shortage in Sindh province, she said that the Council of Common Interests (CCI) had approved the water agreement under which Indus River System Authority was set up and it was established to monitor the water allocation and distribution amongst the provinces as per water accord. “But the IRSA is not distributing water share to the provinces accordingly,” Ms. Shazia said.
She added that Indus Delta region is also suffering due to severe water shortage.
It may be noted that Sindh is currently facing more than 37 percent water shortage and when a representative of Sindh raised this issue in a recent meeting of IRSA, he was misbehaved. The government of Sindh had demanded removal of IRSA chairman for his undue attitude.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had also raised issue of water shortage in a press conference. He had alleged releasing more water to Punjab.
Read: Water Accord Violation – Sindh faces 37% water shortage
The chief minister sharing the data of first 10-daily (May 1 to 10) of Kharif season 2021, had said that the share of Punjab was 93.7 MAF against which it was given 77.5 MAF which showed a shortage of 17.3 percent. Similarly, the share of Sindh was 51.1 MAF against which it was given 33.3 MAF that showed a 35 percent shortage. Balochistan was given 20 percent more water.
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Sindh Courier
