SUKKUR: The water crisis intensified in Sindh and water supply for crops was cut off due to 59 per cent water shortage at Kotri Barrage.
Due to water crisis in Sindh, the supply of water for cultivation of crops has been stopped due to shortage of water at Sukkur Barrage up to 48 per cent.
According to the Kotri Barrage Control Room, the inflow of water upstream of the barrage is 5,090 cusecs while the outflow of water downstream is 205 cusecs. The barrage should have had 12,000 cusecs of water available.
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Due to unavailability of water, only drinking water is being supplied from B-Feeder, Akram Wah and Combined Channel of canals flowing from Kotri Barrage whereas water is not available at the barrage for agriculture at present.
Experts say that if the new cycle of rains does not start, the crops will be damaged. After the recent rains, 30,000 cusecs of water released by IRSA will reach Sukkur in 5 to 6 days.
Earlier, the Senate was told in January that sixty-one per cent drinking water is unsafe in the country.
This was told to the Senate by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
It said that samples of drinking water were taken from 29 cities in 2020. It was found after testing that 61 drinking water was unsafe.
It was revealed in the written response of the ministry that 100 per cent of the water samples taken from Nawabshah, Gilgit Baltistan and Mirpurkhas were found unsafe for drinking. It further said that 93 per cent of the water samples in Karachi were unsafe, while 67 percent taken from Sukkur were found not fit for drinking purpose. Eighty per cent water samples of Hyderabad and 92 of Badin were also found unsafe.
The report said that 29 per cent of drinking water samples were unsafe in Islamabad, while 75 per cent in Bahawalpur, 94 in Multan, 83 in Sargodha, 31 in Lahore, 10 in Kasur, 70 in Muzaffarabad and 65 percent in Quetta.
According to the report, 100 per cent water samples obtained from Gujrat and Sialkot were found safe for drinking purpose.
