KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that agricultural water is becoming an expensive commodity, therefore we would have to use it efficiently to ensure food security by changing cropping patterns.

Talking to Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins who called on him here Murad said that Pakistan, particularly people of Sindh has become first victims of climate change. He said that internally displaced persons were facing numerous problems. He said that issues of Dengue, malaria and skin have broken out among people living along main roads and camps.

“We have established medical camps to provide treatment to patients and trying to drain out accumulated water at earliest so that these issues could be controlled,” he said. Australian High Commissioner expressed profound grief and sorrow over loss of life caused by recent floods.

He added that impact of climate change has started emerging in shape of heavy downpours, scorching heat and melting of heat. He said that flood water could be released into river so that it could be discharged into sea. He added that it would help maintain stability of ecosystem. CM said that unfortunately some of our people believe that releasing water into sea through rivers was waste as a matter of fact, it was necessary to stop sea intrusion. He said that in early kharif we faced an acute shortage of water and then heavy downpours turned everything upside down. 

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 06 2022

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