The recent floods have not only caused loss to human lives and infrastructure but the water lost was also worth to irrigate 40 million acre of land. Following excerpt gives the details:
Pakistan lost water worth Rs240 billion due to lack of dams and water reservoirs in the country.
Chairman Fauji Fertilizer Company talking to media men said a quantity of water needed for irrigating 40 million acres land has been wasted. He said Rs6 billion worth of water is required for irrigating 1 million acres land.
According to economic experts, due to absence of political harmony the country not only faced worst ever floods but also failed to store water worth Rs240 billion.
Environment, Infrastructure, Pakistan, Water
flood, Irrigation, Loss, Pakistan, Water
The government is facing difficulties in unloading oil consignments from ships because of port congestion and infrastructure limitations, resulting in supply shortages in flood affected areas of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern parts of the country.
Sources in the petroleum ministry told Dawn on Monday that the country’s oil consumption had dropped by about 50 per cent after the recent floods as transport activities had substantially slumped because of damage caused to the road infrastructure.
They said the stocks of petroleum products diesel, furnace oil and petrol were enough for more than 28 days of the country’s usual requirement but transportation problems were resulting in short supplies in many parts of the country, particularly in Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Energy, Events, Fuel, Infrastructure, Pakistan, Petrol
flood, Fuel, Petroleum
Electricity supply across the city lies in shatters as circuit breakers started tripping with first drops of rain. At least two bridges in Karachi have washed away. Karachi has rarely seen this level of rain. KESC has been struggling with power shortage and with the storm the situation has worsened to a whole new level. The rain also impacted phone and telecom. Sadly there were many deaths as well.
Electricity, Energy, power
flood, rain
