ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division Khurram Dastgir said that flood in 2022 was serious indication of climate change and it was inevitable to add more to water reserves in country.

Addressing at ceremony here he said that there was dire need to prepare for such situations in future. Flood caused severe damage to power supply infrastructure for which government was making all-out efforts to restore it, he said.

He said in most of power supply infrastructure has already been restored in effected area. Flood brought havoc to areas of Sindh, Balochistan and South Punjab, he said. Minister said flood not only affected people but also destroyed agricultural land and crops. Drainage of water from flood-affected areas was difficult task but government utilised all available resources in this regard, he said. Dastgir said we have to decide in which direction we want to take country. New generation will have to contribute to development of country, he said.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 20 2023

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