ISLAMABAD: The availability of per capita water is declining went down to below 1,000 cubic meters in the country.
The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) told Senate the other day that the country is becoming a water-stressed country. The Authority however said that Indus Basin System still had the capacity of providing additional 22.4 maf water for storage.
In reply to a question, raised by PML-N Senator Nuzhat Saddiq, Irsa partially accepted the claim made by IMF that Pakistan was among the 36 water-stressed countries.
