The “2030 Water Resources Group” has painted a very grim picture of India’s growing water needs that could dry up its river basins by 2030. Demographers expect that India’s current population of 1.15 billion will increase to more than 1.53 billion by 2030, surpassing the population of China. Additionally, the rising demand for rice, wheat [...]
The minister for water and power has said that the government cannot build Kalabagh dam. He did not say why. A minister must never talk in thin air, he must have cogent reasons for what he says. Does he think that Punjab will take more water from Kalabagh dam because the dam is located in [...]
In 1947, the boundary line of partition of the Indian subcontinent was slashed across the Indus water system. During the pre-partition period, 23 million acres of land was being served by the irrigation system of the undivided Punjab. The British had developed and improved economic and social conditions in the Empire on the issue of [...]
Now a day, the provinces of Sindh and Punjab are at odds over the issue of Chasma-Jhelum Canal Project which the government of Punjab is contemplating to set up at the Chasma Jhelum Canal with a total capacity of 40MW. While the province of Sindh is opposing the project fervidly, it is needed to kaleidoscopically [...]
Punjab, the land of mighty rivers and flowing canals witnessed many big deluges which caused losses to the tune of billion of rupees, besides damaging lives and property of the public. Although the flood management is the responsibility of the provinces, yet a number of federal departments are entrusted with the Federal Flood Commission, which [...]
PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL’s entry into the Broadband [...]
