STAFF REPORT
BADIN
Prevailing water scarcity in Badin and other talukas and cities of the district has created worsen situation and citizens and growers were sustaining miserable circumstances.
Apathy of public health department and irrigatory turn system has compelled citizens to utilize impure, toxic and contaminated water across the district. It was learnt that more than 90 percent population of the district out of 1.8 million including Tando Bago, Golarchi, Matli, Kadhan, Pangrio, Malkani, Seerani and other areas were utilizing such toxic water due to prolonged irrigatory turn system.
While apathy, carelessness, corruption and irresponsible attitude of the department has caused more than 100 water filter plants and RO plants were non functional and water supply schemes were disrupted and citizens deprived of pure drinking water to quench their thirst.
Inhabitants of Cantt road, Gharibabad, Shahbaz road, Khoski road, Seerani road, Khaskheli Mohalla, Chandia nagar, Quaid-e-Azam road and other localities of the city were facing acute water shortage.
Meanwhile, growers were also suffered of shortage of irrigatory water for cultivation of seasonal crops causing uncertainty among them and they said such prevailing situation could harm and damage to agro economy and fertile soils.
It is pertinent to mention that in Pakistan, especially in Sindh province including coastal belt and tail ends the signs of water stress are ubiquitous in the form of water scarcity, resource depletion and contamination.
The catastrophe implicates the country’s incompetent leadership and inept administration and poor management of available natural water resources while carelessness,corruption and impact of influencials has disrupted the system in connection of fair and justified share and supply of water.
On the other hand, exponential population growth has also changed the calculus of water demand, resulting in reduce water availability per capita.
