{"id":60066,"date":"2020-01-19T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60066"},"modified":"2020-01-20T05:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T05:34:46","slug":"pakistans-economy-loses-annual-usd-29-bn-in-absence-of-dams-irsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-economy-loses-annual-usd-29-bn-in-absence-of-dams-irsa.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s economy loses annual USD 29 bn in absence of dams: IRSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) recently revealed that Pakistan continues to suffer from annual economic losses amounting to approximately USD 29 billion on account of unutilised river waters that go unchecked into the sea \u2014 owing to the country\u2019s limited water storage capacity, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-to-have-40-new-mini-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rawalpindi to have 40 new mini-dams (opens in a new tab)\">Rawalpindi to have 40 new mini-dams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This information was revealed in the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources. Member (Punjab) Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Rao Irshad Khan told the meeting that the \u2018development of dams is essential for the survival of our coming generations\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-karachi-dams-collect-record-176-million-gallons-of-rain-water.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bahria Town Karachi dams collect record 176 million gallons of rain water (opens in a new tab)\">Bahria Town Karachi dams collect record 176 million gallons of rain water<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told the meeting that one million-acre-feet (MAF) of water irrigates four million acres of land on an average basis and 1 MAF water is estimated to cost USD 1 billion. He revealed that 29 MAF water was going downstream Kotri (last structures on the Indus system for water regulation) annually and falling into the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: Funds worth PKR 10bn collected for dams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irshad Khan said that this water \u2018needs to better stored and be utilized to irrigate virgin lands\u2019. He said that the \u2018loss of such a huge quantity of water is putting our future generations at risk\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-four-dams-in-quetta-to-begin-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Construction of four dams in Quetta to begin soon (opens in a new tab)\">Construction of four dams in Quetta to begin soon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncommittee ordered survey completion so that the contract can be awarded for telemetry\nsystem establishment for accurate water flows reporting and immediate\nappointment of ISRA\u2019s member from Balochistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) recently revealed that Pakistan continues to suffer from annual economic losses amounting to approximately USD 29 billion on account of unutilised river waters that go unchecked into the sea \u2014 owing to the country\u2019s limited water storage capacity, according to news sources. Read: Rawalpindi to have 40 new mini-dams This information was revealed in the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources. Member (Punjab) Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Rao Irshad Khan told the meeting that the \u2018development of dams is essential for the survival of our coming generations\u2019. Read: Bahria Town Karachi dams collect record 176 million gallons of rain water He told the meeting that one million-acre-feet (MAF) of water irrigates four million acres of land on an average basis and 1 MAF water is estimated to cost USD 1 billion. He revealed that 29 MAF water was going downstream Kotri (last structures on the Indus system for water regulation) annually and falling into the Arabian Sea. Read: Funds worth PKR 10bn collected for dams Irshad Khan said that this water \u2018needs to better stored and be utilized to irrigate virgin lands\u2019. He said that the \u2018loss of such&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":42157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15095,15094],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-dams-in-pakistan","8":"tag-water-situation-in-pakistan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan faces USD 29 bn loss in absence of dams: IRSA- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) recently revealed that Pakistan continues to suffer from annual economic losses amounting to USD 29 billion\" \/>\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\/pakistans-economy-loses-annual-usd-29-bn-in-absence-of-dams-irsa.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan faces USD 29 bn loss in absence of dams: IRSA- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) recently revealed that Pakistan continues to suffer from annual economic losses amounting to USD 29 billion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-economy-loses-annual-usd-29-bn-in-absence-of-dams-irsa.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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