Precious Resource: Rural water supply issues highlighted
The report says the best rural water supply amongst the provinces is in Punjab.
ISLAMABAD:
The vast majority of Pakistan’s 180 million inhabitants have no access to safe drinking water, according to a report of Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR). The report says the best rural water supply amongst the provinces is in Punjab where only 7% of the rural population depends on a dug well or a river, canal or stream. In Sindh, some 24% of the rural population depends on these sources. The rural water supply situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan is worst as about 46% and 72% respectively of the rural population depend on substandard water.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2012.
The vast majority of Pakistan’s 180 million inhabitants have no access to safe drinking water, according to a report of Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR). The report says the best rural water supply amongst the provinces is in Punjab where only 7% of the rural population depends on a dug well or a river, canal or stream. In Sindh, some 24% of the rural population depends on these sources. The rural water supply situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan is worst as about 46% and 72% respectively of the rural population depend on substandard water.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2012.