KARACHI FACES ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE AMID RISING TEMPERATURES

  • 05/04/2021

With temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius in Pakistan's Karachi, the city has been facing an acute shortage of water.  The water was being supplied to the city through the Dhabeji Pumping station and the Hub Canal and District West were facing the most shortage of water compared to other districts of the city,  250,000 gallons of water is supplied to all the deputy commissioners free of charge during Ramazan.  Karachi was the only city in the country where water was supplied from a source 150 kilometres away. Water is supplied to those areas of the city through tankers where water is unable to reach through pipelines.Amid the rising population and climate change, the availability of fresh water is becoming worrisome in South Asia, particularly in Pakistan, which may face absolute water scarcity by 2040. According to a Washington-based magazine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has placed Pakistan at the third position in the list of countries facing acute water scarcity.

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