{"id":51824,"date":"2019-05-03T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=51824"},"modified":"2019-05-03T12:42:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:42:10","slug":"wb-asks-government-to-improve-national-water-management-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-asks-government-to-improve-national-water-management-system.html","title":{"rendered":"WB asks government to improve national water management system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has asked the federal government to improve the country\u2019s water management system, in a bid to address a \u2018looming\u2019 water crisis &#8211; a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-seeks-wbs-approval-usd-1-5bn-project-financing-package.html\">Govt seeks WB\u2019s approval for USD 1.5bn project financing package<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WB Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan recently expressed his views on the matter. He was speaking at a forum organised by the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change in collaboration with the Jinnah Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The WB representative said that Pakistan utilises 90% of its available water resources to grow five agricultural products: rice, sugarcane, cotton, wheat, and maize. These agricultural commodities contribute to at least 20% of the country\u2019s GDP.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that water in many areas of Pakistan is not fit for human consumption due to the presence of harmful dissolved substances. Based on this observation, he stressed the need to improve the water management system spread across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-may-provide-usd-100-mn-for-kwsb-water-project.html\">WB may provide USD 100 mn for KWSB water project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he compared Pakistan\u2019s water sector with other developing countries; remarking that a majority of these states have introduced techniques to effectively manage their water resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has asked the federal government to improve the country\u2019s water management system, in a bid to address a \u2018looming\u2019 water crisis &#8211; a news source reported. Read: Govt seeks WB\u2019s approval for USD 1.5bn project financing package WB Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan recently expressed his views on the matter. He was speaking at a forum organised by the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change in collaboration with the Jinnah Institute. The WB representative said that Pakistan utilises 90% of its available water resources to grow five agricultural products: rice, sugarcane, cotton, wheat, and maize. These agricultural commodities contribute to at least 20% of the country\u2019s GDP. He further stated that water in many areas of Pakistan is not fit for human consumption due to the presence of harmful dissolved substances. Based on this observation, he stressed the need to improve the water management system spread across the country. Read: WB may provide USD 100 mn for KWSB water project Moreover, he compared Pakistan\u2019s water sector with other developing countries; remarking that a majority of these states have introduced techniques to effectively manage their water resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":39276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11517],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-wb-asks-government-to-improve-national-water-management-system"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WB asks government to improve national water management system - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has asked the federal government to improve the country\u2019s water management system, in a bid to address a \u2018looming\u2019 water\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-asks-government-to-improve-national-water-management-system.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WB asks government to improve national water management system - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The World Bank (WB) has asked the federal government to improve the country\u2019s water management system, in a bid to address a \u2018looming\u2019 water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-asks-government-to-improve-national-water-management-system.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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