Australian experts due early next year

ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner Margret Adamson called on water resources secretary to discuss the steps needed to be initiated for implementation of the actions agreed in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on water resource management. Both sides agreed to name nominees for constituting a joint advisory committee and create annual work plan to achieve the objectives set out in the MoU. The high commissioner revealed that Australian experts from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) would visit Pakistan early next year. They will engage with provincial agriculture departments and also with the Ministry of Water Resources. Pakistan is facing acute water scarcity due to below average rainfall during monsoon season this year. In its latest seasonal forecast, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) asked the authorities concerned to use water reserves judiciously to meet the requirement of Rabi sowing season.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 26^th, 2018.

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