Pak loses Rs240 bln worth of water due to lack of dams

Pakistani families are transported by donkey cart on a flooded highway in Shah Jamal, in central Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as officials in the northwest vowed Wednesday to stop banned Islamist groups from helping victims.
Situation in Punjab and Interior Sindh!

Pakistan lost water worth Rs240 billion due to lack of dams and water reservoirs in the country.

Chairman Fauji Fertilizer Company talking to media men said a quantity of water needed for irrigating 40 million acres land has been wasted. He said Rs6 billion worth of water is required for irrigating 1 million acres land.

According to economic experts, due to absence of political harmony the country not only faced worst ever floods but also failed to store water worth Rs240 billion, and still we're not willing to improve our water reservoir capacity by building new ones and now doing politics on these sensitive issues!

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