Gwadar is one of the emerging cities of Pakistan but unfortunately Gwadar city is facing a growing water crisis, leaving 100,000 people with no access to clean drinking water. The inhabitants are compelled to buy expensive water (USD 115-140 per tanker) and the locals are resorted to boiling sea water for drinking purposes. This is the second time that Gwadar and the surrounding territories of Baluchistan are facing severe water crisis in six years. The city’s population is also flourishing due to the CPEC project and the crisis will become more severe until strong measures aren’t taken immediately.
Women, children and the poor people have been badly hit by the shortages of water by carrying buckets and jars on their heads and even walking miles away to wash clothes. And it is rightly remarked that for every drop of water you waste, you must know that somewhere on the earth someone is desperately looking for a drop of water.
So the government of Pakistan and concerned authorities are requested to take immediate steps ahead to provide water as soon as possible.
Zeeshan Nasir
Turbat
The whole CPEC project is at the behest of Gwader port,but what we see is a orange line,financed by the Chinese is more important then to provide drinking water to the coastal belt and power projects on an ultra urgent basis in the region to relieve the ppl somewhat.
The Chinese must be watching in amusement at our antic and pirorities and the ppl of the region at the govts genuineness for immediate relieve which doesn’t seem to be coming in the short term.
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