Abstract
With the increase in population of our country and changing geo-political landscape,
the available water resources are fast depleting. We also understand that without water,
there can be no life as we see in this physical world. The solution lies in judicious usage
of water and realization to preserve, which ultimately leads to superior management
of this essential resource. This paper addresses the issues pertaining to water required
for agriculture, drinking as well as for other purposes. The measures recommended for
preservation of irrigation water include cost effective maintenance of water channels
under an integrated mechanism of public-private partnership and ownership through
community participation. Similarly to resolve the issues related to drinking and general
purpose water, a distinction between the two categories has been proposed for putting
in practice under an integrated approach. For the purpose of enhancing storage capacity,
instead of fighting on the construction of much awaited mega dams, the paper suggests
construction of small dams and run of the water channels auto-spillover bunds. These
measures, apart from being cost effective (i.e. affordable) shall have no political
controversies. The concept is storage of water through spread over river beds and
storage sites. The paper also suggests measures for creating awareness among our
people to make judicious use of water
Dr. Bashir Ahmad. (2011) Water Management: A Solution to Water Scarcity in Pakistan, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-09, Issue-2.
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