People in developing countries have no access to safe drinking water and in Pakistan, the vast majority of the country’s 180 million inhabitants do not have access to clean potable water.
According to a report of Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), the best rural water supply amongst the provinces is in Punjab where only 7% of the rural population depends on a dug well or a river, canal or stream.
In Sindh, some 24% of the rural population depends on these sources.
The rural water supply situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan is worst as about 46% and 72% respectively of the rural population depend on water from a dug well or from a river or canal.
Talking to APP, PCRWR Chairman Dr Aslam Tahir said most of the people in developing countries do not routinely think whether or not the water they are going to drink is safe.
