Amid declining economy, Pakistan’s troubles don’t seem to come to an end anytime soon as major parts of Balochistan province in Pakistan are suffering acute shortage of drinking water. This happened after the filtration plants installed by the regime have gone out of order due to poor maintenance, as per the report of The Express Tribune.
A civil society member said, “Only 25 per cent of Balochistan’s dwellers have access to clean drinking water.”
The government is being urged by the locals to restore the non-functional water filtration plants so that they can have access to drinking water.
Earlier, Abdul Quddus, Chief Minister of Balochistan, had directed the responsible body to repair the non-functioning plants within a month.
However, this is not the first time Pakistan is facing such water shortages.
A number of protest rallies were taken out against water shortage in the Sindh Province.
The leaders while addressing the rally had alleged that it was all Punjab provinces’ conspiracy to dry up Indus.
They also bemoaned that the Punjab government has never gone by the 1991 water treaty on the distribution of water.
The protestors also said that the elites associated with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh continue getting water, however, others who are without any influence and political connection, suffer.
The water shortage in Sindh has been a great issue. Not only Sindh province but also Punjab province is facing up to 75 per cent water shortage. The Punjab province supplied 53,100 cusecs of water against its needs of 1,27,800 cusecs.