To avert the impending water crisis, the Supreme Court is pushing to start the Diamer-Bhasha dam, for which the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has requested the nation to donate funds.
These days funding for Diamer-Bhasha Dam has divided the masses into two camps; one camp favours the building of the dam, whilst the other side opposes the project claiming that public financing is not viable option, what the government needs is a comprehensive strategy to make the dam.
Pakistan at the moment is in desperate need of the dam and the apprehension of the CJP about water crisis is also appropriate.
Archaic irrigation practices and uneven water distribution systems are the fundamental basis of this water-intensive economy Apart from the dearth of dams, many other factors also contribute to water scarcity; the extravagant use of water, contamination of the water, outmoded irrigation methods, climate changes, the rundown state of the sewage system, and the rapid growth of urbanisation are the primary causes behind water scarcity.
Along with this, the sewage system of Pakistan is also responsible for water scarcity.
Pakistan is ranked 7 on the index of countries suffering from climate change.
The Government of Pakistan also should transform the irrigation system into drip irrigation, by convincing landlords giving incentive to poor farmers.
Moreover, overhauling the defective sewage system is also inevitable, since leakage of water from pipes occur and it seeps into the surface of the earth, which causes water pollution and leads to scarcity.
Climate change effects water scarcity, so the government needs to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases as well as other gases that are responsible for climate change.
Only by making dams, the water crisis won’t be averted.