KARACHI:Sindh Minister for Irrigation Jam Khan Shoro on Monday expressed grave concern over current water scarcity in Sindh and water decline in Tarbela Dam at dead level, i.e. 1,398 feet, which would further exacerbate water crisis in the Sindh province.
The minister said in a statement that Tarbela Dam water had reached its dead level today because of the continuous water flow to Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Panjnad link canals. He said that Indus River System Authority (IRSA) should be held responsible for creating miserable water crisis.
Shoro said that despite strong reservations from the Sindh province, IRSA had opened the Chasma-Jhehlum and Taunsa- Panjnad link canals with the illegal support of Balochistan province which had brought Tarbela Dam to its lowest point of dead level.
Shoro said that Sindh province had already warned IRSA about Tarbela Dam’s dead level due to the opened CJ and TP link canals, and added that such decision of IRSA based on unjust will have a very negative effect on Sindh province and it’s agriculture sector.
He said that IRSA’s illegal actions would devastate the country’s economy and destroy the agricultural sector. The Sindh Minister said that IRSA should ensure the equal distribution of allotted share of water among the provinces by strict implementation on the Water Agreement of 1991.