The unwelcoming exercise of finger-pointing between Punjab and Sindh over sharing meager supplies starts fading away early this month with improvement in river flows. It leaves a lesson for all of.
Jun 1, 2021
KARACHI: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday announced to increase water share of the Sindh and Punjab provinces after water inflow surges in rivers, ARY News reported.
The water regulator met here on Tuesday to review the overall water situation and increased the water supply to Sindh and Punjab on the basis of improved river flows.
The meeting noted that the inflow of water in the rivers increased from 229,100 cusecs to 252,600 cusecs – on June 1 and water shortage reduced from 18% to 13%.
Irsa’s spokesman Khalid Idrees Rana said the total water inflows at rim stations that stood at 172,000 cusec on May 28 had increased to 225,000 cusec on May 31.
May 25, 2021
KARACHI: Sindh Indus River System Authority (IRSA) member Zahid Hussain Junejo on Tuesday claimed that he was attacked by IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad Ali Khan during a meeting on Taunsa-Punjab (TP) link canal, ARY News reported.
Zahid Hussain Junejo told ARY News that he was manhandled by IRSA Chairman Rao Irshad Ali Khan, who is also a member of Punjab. Junejo claimed that he was attacked after he raised the issue of the acute water crisis in Sindh.
“I was hit with a mike by the chairman during the meeting just for demanding Sindh’s due share of water”, he claimed.