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Access. Hand pump in rural Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifteenth most water stressed country in the world. In 2020, according to the World Bank data 68% Pakistanis, 72% Indians, 54% Bangladeshi have access to the basic sanitation facilities. [9] In 2015, 91% of the population had access to an "improved" water supply.
The K-IV water project ( Urdu: کے فور پانی کے منصوبہ ), abbreviated as K-IV, is a pending water supply project [1] being jointly developed by the provincial and federal governments in Karachi, Pakistan, to augment the city's daily water supply. The estimated cost was approximately Rs 25.5 billion, which now increased to 150 ...
India does not lose right over this water which is let flow into Pakistan per Articles II (1 and 4) of IWT and Pakistan shall not use this water for any purpose. There is scope for cooperation between both countries to supply this water to the Kutch region of India via Pakistan rivers, Sukkur Barrage pond and Nara delta channel to Shakoor Lake ...
The Dumlottee Wells, also known as Dumlottee Conduit, is a defunct water supply system in Karachi. It was the inaugural water supply system in Karachi, established in British India-era. History. Dumlottee Wells were constructed by British Indian engineers in the 19th century. The system originally comprised 15 wells, excavated along the Malir ...
The Indus River Delta forms where the Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea, mostly in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan with a small portion in the Kutch Region of India. The delta covers an area of about 41,440 km 2 (16,000 sq mi), and is approximately 210 km (130 mi) across where it meets the sea. The active part of the delta is 6,000 ...
The Kotri Barrage near Hyderabad is 915 metres (3,000 ft) long and provides additional water supplies for Karachi. The extensive linking of tributaries with the Indus has helped spread water resources to the valley of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Karachi Joint Water Board constituted in 1953 was the first body which was created to expand the Karachi water supply system from the Indus River. It was transferred to the KDA in 1957 after its formation. Since the KMC handled some of the affairs of retailing and distribution of treated water and other responsibilities which were co-shared ...
Water use. Pakistan is the fifteenth most water stressed country in the world. Out of the 169,384 billion m³ of water which were withdrawn in 2000, 96% were used for agricultural purposes, leaving 2% for domestic and another 2% for industrial use. [7] By far most water is used for irrigated agriculture, emphasizing the particular significance ...