IRSA asks WAPDA to appoint water inspectors at nine sites
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June 2, 2021
LAHORE: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), apex river water regulatory body having representation of all provinces, has asked the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to appoint water inspectors at nine barrages in Punjab and Sindh for monitoring flows.
The move to appoint technical inspectors was pushed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources, which was held on May 24, 2021 under the chairmanship of Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Pakistan Peoples’ Party MNA from NA-220 (Umerkot).
According to a memorandum issued by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on May 27, 2021, the 20-member standing committee showed multi-partisan consensus over third-party monitoring of water distribution among provinces.
Daily Times
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has proposed deployment of ‘independent observers’ at Punjab and Sindh barrages.
Punjab Chief Minister has also invited parliamentarians from all over the country, especially from Sindh, to visit Punjab barrages. He said the visiting lawmakers will be provided with accurate data of water emission.
In a statement on Sunday, the chief minister said that this initiative will help in the ‘equitable distribution’ of water among the provinces. And it will also help in clearing the misunderstandings between the provinces on the water issue.
The observers will monitor the current water scarcity, water distribution and discharge reporting system in the province themselves.
LAHORE: Following a raid by Sindh officials on the Panjnad Barrage to check outflows, a team of the Indus River System Authority also paid a surprise visit to the water infrastructure in the.
LAHORE: In an early morning raid on the Panjnad Barrage in the Bahawalpur District, Southern Punjab, officials from the Sindh Irrigation Department found correct measuring of water flows downstream.
LAHORE: In an early morning inspection on the Panjnad Barrage in the Bahawalpur District, Southern Punjab, officials from the Sindh Irrigation Department found correct measuring of water flows.