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Indus Water Commission working sans permanent head

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ISLAMABAD – Chairman Federal Flood Commission Tuesday said water sector had been ignored in the past and currently there was no permanent Indus Water Commissioner, no member water WAPDA and many senior posts were lying vacant in the Ministry of Water Resources.

“There is no permanent Indus Water Commissioner, so how can we settle water issues with India,” Chairman Federal Flood Commission, Ahmed Kamal said while briefing the National Assembly standing committee on Water Resources.

The committee on water resources that met with MNA Nawab Yousuf Talpur in chair was also informed that Pakistan was again under threat of flood due to heavy snowfall and fast climate changes. “If temperature reaches the level of 2015, it could be devastating and provinces must have to remain vigilant and active to cope with it,” official of the Federal Flood Commission said.

The committee was briefed regarding the flood control plans of the federal and provincial governments. Yousuf Talpur asked the Chairman Federal Flood Commission Ahmed Kamal that what steps had so far been taken for coping and controlling possible floods.

Key posts in Ministry of Water Resources lying vacant

The chairman Federal Flood Commission said that this winter there had been heavy snowfall, so if temperature touched the level of 2015-16, there would be chances of floods and to cope with the situation the provincial departments will have to be vigilant and active.

The committee was further informed that due to shifting in monsoon rainfall zone from north-east to north-west about 100 km, additional 25 districts of Punjab and KP came under severe threat of flood. “Due to climate changes, 14 districts of Punjab and 11 of KP which are normally safe from flood are now in danger,” commissioner said. “Pakistan’s water sector is in worst state, as it has been ignored,” the chairman maintained.

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