Islamabad:
Providing water specific to the public is no less than a challenge for federal and provincial governments. Citizens of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are forced to drink dirty and contaminated water.
The shortage of drinking water allowed the oil mafia to steal people for an essentiality in life. At the same time, water bills have also been increased by CDARDA and Canton’s advice. In any case, the water available in twin cities through the different sources is known to be contaminated. According to a report, the water from the Rawal dam is dirty and contaminated to the extent that is harmful to human health.
Polluted water is a danger not only for humans but also for animals and plants. According to an estimate, 85% of the Pakistani population is deprived of drinking water. Whether it is tap water in houses, tube wells, filtration factories or bottled water, the most accessible sources are dangerous for health.
Water also becomes polluted due to the combination of underground sewer pipes and clean water batteries. At the same time, rivers, canals, canals, rivers, lakes and seas in Pakistan also become more and more toxic because modern industries help pollute them. Due to the lack of clean water and an appropriate drainage system in Pakistan, diseases are increasing. Each year, hundreds of people are victims of typhoids, cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A and E due to the consumption of contaminated water.
According to a conservative estimate, a and a half percentage of the country’s economy is currently devoted to treating water diseases in hospitals. With beneficial elements such as calcium, salts, minerals, fluorine and iron, water also contains harmful elements such as arsenic. In the modern world, water tests are necessary to detect the presence of beneficial and harmful elements before it is too late, but this is not the case here.
The World Bank places the third Pakistan on the list of countries around the world facing water shortages. The UNDP and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources predict that Pakistan will face the water shortage by 2028. The researchers also say that if the situation remains the same and that no stage will be taken, Pakistan will become the most scorce country in South Asia by 2040. These data and research have been highlighted. In 2016, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources said in its report that Pakistan had reached the water stress line in 1990 and crossed the water shortage line in 2005.
Several reasons are given for water shortage in Pakistan. Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources has cited rapid growth in the population, lack of water storage and blind use of groundwater as among them. Pakistan has an average average storage capacity of nine% in three major dams, while the global average is 40%.
