The water crisis and national disunity in Pakistan
The Water crisis and National disunity in Pakistan The looming water crisis over the horizon of Pakistan has begot multifaceted problems including national disunity. According to IRSA, Pakistan is facing acute water shortage, which poses the grave consequence for a nation that depends on agriculture. The authorities anticipate that it is likely to suffer the shortage of 31 million acre foot of water by 2025. The shortage will be devastating for a country with an agriculture-based economy. Nearly seventy per cent of people of Pakistan are directly or indirectly associated with agriculture. In order to address this issue, the federal government is preparing to build new dams. But the people across Sindh, Balochistan and KPK are up against building new infrastructure to store water. This has led to another issue of national disunity. However, instead of building more dams, there are more sustainable solutions to the water crisis in Pakistan...