ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry for Climate Change has claimed to be taking an all-out effort to control environmental degradation that causing over Rs365 billion loss to the national economy every year.
He detailed that out of Rs365 billion losses, inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene account for Rs112 billion, agricultural soil degradation Rs70 billion, indoor pollution Rs 67 billion, urban air pollution Rs 65 billion, lead exposure Rs 45 billion and land degradation and deforestation Rs 6 billion.
Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan in a statement said he believed that access to clean environment, of which people’s access to clean drinking water and safe sanitation are central part, is one of the basic rights of every citizen for healthy survival and overall socio-economic development of the country.
He said, “In this regard, the role of environmental protection agencies (EPAs) in all provinces remains of unprecedented significance and these agencies need to work hard for controlling environmental degradation and ensure implementation of relevant laws in letter and spirit.”
