{"id":52176,"date":"2019-05-17T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52176"},"modified":"2019-05-17T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:06:11","slug":"irrigation-department-to-start-crackdown-against-canal-water-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/irrigation-department-to-start-crackdown-against-canal-water-theft.html","title":{"rendered":"Irrigation department to start crackdown against canal water theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gujranwala: The Punjab Irrigation Department has decided to crackdown against people involved in stealing water from canals and drains, reported a news source. Punjab Police will assist the department in this operation.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-issue-licenses-for-commercial-use-of-water.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab to issue licenses for commercial use of water<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For identifying the culprits, the department will launch an inquiry in collaboration with its field staff deployed throughout Gujranwala Region. Reportedly, the stolen water from canals and water channels is supplied to influential landowners. The practice deprive smaller farmers and landowners from the much-needed water supply for their crops. The deprived farmers are instead forced to install tube wells at their land, which causes additional problems with maintaining underground water table.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-to-introduce-schemes-for-farmers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab govt to introduce schemes for farmers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the department has also issued a written order. The notice directs the Irrigation Department staff to share reports on water theft via email, WhatsApp and other means. In addition, they are also required to share details on the action taken against those involved in water theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujranwala: The Punjab Irrigation Department has decided to crackdown against people involved in stealing water from canals and drains, reported a news source. Punjab Police will assist the department in this operation. Read:\u00a0Punjab to issue licenses for commercial use of water For identifying the culprits, the department will launch an inquiry in collaboration with its field staff deployed throughout Gujranwala Region. Reportedly, the stolen water from canals and water channels is supplied to influential landowners. The practice deprive smaller farmers and landowners from the much-needed water supply for their crops. The deprived farmers are instead forced to install tube wells at their land, which causes additional problems with maintaining underground water table. Read:\u00a0Punjab govt to introduce schemes for farmers In this regard, the department has also issued a written order. The notice directs the Irrigation Department staff to share reports on water theft via email, WhatsApp and other means. In addition, they are also required to share details on the action taken against those involved in water theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11671],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-irrigation-department-to-start-crackdown-against-canal-water-theft-in-gujranwala"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Irrigation department to start crackdown against canal water theft - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gujranwala: The Punjab Irrigation Department has decided to crackdown against people involved in stealing water from canals and drains, reported a news\" \/>\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\/irrigation-department-to-start-crackdown-against-canal-water-theft.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Irrigation department to start crackdown against canal water theft - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gujranwala: The Punjab Irrigation Department has decided to crackdown against people involved in stealing water from canals and drains, reported a news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/irrigation-department-to-start-crackdown-against-canal-water-theft.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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