Water Mismanagement: FPCCI warns against inadequacy
Pakistan is generating just half a dollar from one cubic metre of water
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KARACHI:
Pakistan is generating just half a dollar from one cubic metre of water where other countries on average produce a wide range of resources worth $8 from every single cubic metre of water. “The number inflates to an incredible $30 in countries like Japan,” said Ahmad Jawad, chairman of the Regional Standing Committee of FPCCI, here Monday. Discussing inadequacies in water management in the local context with a select group of journalists, he warned that the poor water management and inadequate water storage are fast emerging as serious threats to the country’s agriculture sector. Sharing details of problems faced by exporters of fruit and agri-products, he said lack of water reservoirs has already caused over a trillion dollars’ worth of economic loss to Pakistan’s economy during the past 30 years.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2017.
Pakistan is generating just half a dollar from one cubic metre of water where other countries on average produce a wide range of resources worth $8 from every single cubic metre of water. “The number inflates to an incredible $30 in countries like Japan,” said Ahmad Jawad, chairman of the Regional Standing Committee of FPCCI, here Monday. Discussing inadequacies in water management in the local context with a select group of journalists, he warned that the poor water management and inadequate water storage are fast emerging as serious threats to the country’s agriculture sector. Sharing details of problems faced by exporters of fruit and agri-products, he said lack of water reservoirs has already caused over a trillion dollars’ worth of economic loss to Pakistan’s economy during the past 30 years.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2017.