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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 05/01/2001 By daima@brain.net.pk
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From: Najam Imran <najamisb@isb.sdnpk.org>
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Subject: [Eco-list] 'Starvation to dominate if dams not built'
> 'Starvation to dominate if dams not built'
> The News, 30/4/2001
> http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2001-daily/30-04-2001/metro/l2.htm
>
> LAHORE: Starvation will dominate if water reservoirs and dams are not
built
> on technically-feasible sites across the country on war footings.
President
> Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Iftikhar
> Ali Malik said in an interview with APP here on Sunday. "Pakistan will
face
> at least 40 per cent shortfall in food grain by 2010 and reach the stage
of
> "Acute Water Shortage" in 2005 if hectic efforts are not made immediately
to
> save water wastage through outflow into the sea as well as construction of
> new storage dams and reservoirs," Iftikhar said, adding that entire
business
> community was concerned about the acute scarcity of water across the
> country.
>
> He called upon the people from all walks of life to shun their petty
> differences and attach supreme importance to national interests. He said
> that non-availability of water for agricultural purposes had emerged as
one
> of the most important national issues, needing a proper address. He
informed
> that during the period between 1950 to 1990, the number of high dams in
the
> world rose four-folds from 5,750 to 23,112. "As many as 729 large dams
(200
> feet high or above) are under construction in 53 countries of the world.
But
> in our country, due to criminal negligence of the previous rulers and
> policy-makers, no large dam had been constructed since 1976. "Since there
is
> no dependable surplus water in rivers in winter for irrigation expansion,
it
> is imperative to conserve flood season flows by building storage dams,"
> Iftikhar said and urged the government to take immediate judicious and
> timely decisions for the early construction of new water reservoirs and
dams
> on war footings to offset the impending threat of water scarcity.
>
> "With the increasing population and depleting water resources, Pakistan is
> fast heading towards a situation of water shortage," he said and informed
> that per capita surface water availability for irrigation was 5,300 cubic
> meters in 1950 which reduced to 1,400 cubic in 1998. "The minimum water
> requirement to avoid being a water-short country is 1,000 cubic meters,"
he
> said. "Due to capacity loses, Indus Basin Irrigation System diversions
have
> started declining. Thus it is no longer possible for Pakistan to sustain
the
> existing level of canal diversions attained in the post-Tarbela period,"
he
> said. By the year 2010, the online storage would lose a total gross
capacity
> of about 5.9 MAF, he added.
>
>
>
>
>
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