KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Irrigation Department Jam Khan Shoro has said that Indus River System Authority (IRSA) was constituted for the purpose to ensure the distribution of water share among the provinces equally but, it had failed to implement the Water Accord 1991.
Injustices were being done with Sindh province on its due water share as a result, Sindh province was facing severe water shortage, he said while talking to media persons at his office here on today. The minister said that last year, IRSA claimed that country was facing acute water shortage and it was also mentioned in the water accord 1991 that how to ensure water proportion to provinces on an equal basis in water shortage situation.
He said that kharif season begins in the month of April in the province and IRSA even failed and delayed supply water to Sindh province during kharif season due to which Sindh province faced more water shortage. He informed that Sindh irrigation department sent a letter to Indus River System Authority (IRSA) over transferring of water through CJ and TP link canals and demanded its immediate closure but no positive response had been given by them.
He added that due to severe water shortage in the province, the standing crop was turning pale and Kheenjhar lake’s level of water was also decreasing. Shoro said that IRSA should immediately supply Sindh province’s share of water so that standing crops in the province can be saved from destruction.
