Deprivation from water of eastern rivers (20 maf)

Deprivation from water of eastern rivers (20 MAF)

• Deprivation from water of eastern rivers (20 MAF)

• Water logging, salinity & sodicity

• Increase in domestic and industrial requirement

• Deterioration of groundwater quality

• Increase in demand of irrigation water

• Persistent drought

Scarcity of irrigation water

• Scarcity of irrigation water

• High cost of development of irrigation schemes

• Colossal loss of land due Water and Wind erosion

• Undulated topography

• Limited infrastructural facilities

• Heavy farm machinery requirements for traditional cultivation

Scarcity of irrigation water

• Scarcity of irrigation water

• High cost of development of irrigation schemes

• Colossal loss of land due water and wind erosion

• Undulated topography

• Prevailing poverty

• Limited infrastructural facilities

• Frequent weather/climate changes

• Heavy farm machinery requirements for cultivation

• Scattered and small holdings

• Shortage of skilled and unskilled labour

• Poor access to inputs

Supply of canal water to the desert/semi-desert areas

• Supply of canal water to the desert/semi-desert areas

• Establishment of mini dams, check dams, dugwells, lift irrigation schemes etc.

• Construction and renovation of water storage ponds, underground tanks (Kunds), and Tobas by use of cost effective lining/layering materials (e.g. HDPE/plastic sheets etc.)

• Adoption of Resource Conservation Technology

• Use of alternative energy sources (solar and wind) powered pumps for conveyance of water from water storage tanks to fields by use of drip/sprinkler and Flexible Gated Pipes

• Management of groundwater by treated, cyclic and conjunctive use

Construction of Large and Small Dams

• Construction of Large and Small Dams

• Construction of New Canal Systems

• Greater Thal Canal (GTC) - Punjab
• Katchi Canal - Balochistan
• Rainee Canal - Sindh
• Chasma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) - KPK

National Water Policy

• National Water Policy

• Provincial Water Visions in Accordance with Post IWT Scenario 1961 – Indus Water Apportionment Accord 1991 (CBM’s)

• Creation of Think tank ( Planning Commission, HEC, Universities, PEC, PSAE) for Water Resources Development and Management