Tag: Irrigation
ADB, Balochistan govt ink $107m agreement on water management
--Loan, grant to help improve irrigation infrastructure, reduce poverty
--Climate-resilient water resource system to be built in province
QUETTA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Balochistan government on...
Rangers deployed to stop water theft
KARACHI: Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Fazulur Rehman directed on Thursday to deploy Pakistan Rangers at different canals, distributaries and channels to stop the theft of...
Caretaker CM orders registration of FIR against water theft
KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister (CM) Fazul-ur-Rehman has directed the province's Irrigation Department to take strict action against water theft by registering a first...
Pakistan’s climate resilience receives World Bank aid for water, environment, cities
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank is committing $728 million through four projects that intend to put Pakistan on the path of climate resilient development which...
China to spend $300m on improved irrigation in southern Xinjiang
The Chinese government will spend 1.875 billion yuan ($298.92 million) to improve irrigation systems in the heavily ethnic Uighur southern part of the violence-prone...
Punjab irrigation M&R backlog reaches Rs600 billion
System faces major sustainability challenges of serious environmental, social and economic implications
LAHORE: The updated financial backlog of Punjab irrigation department’s deferred maintenance and repair...
Charsadda attempts to evict land tenants: report
TANGI: Following multiple notices for contempt of court, the Charsadda District Administration along with a large contingent of police evicted tenants from an area in...
PFA ploughs 5,600 kanal of crops irrigated with untreated waste water
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has kicked off a crackdown against vegetable crops irrigated with untreated waste water, discarding 5,600 kanal of vegetables across...
KP CM allocates portfolios to ministers
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak allocated portfolios of Irrigation, Social Welfare, Special Education and Women Empowerment to the Provincial Minister, Sikandar Hayat Khan...
Navy sets eyes on irrigation dept’s land
Following the footsteps of land mafia, the Pakistan Navy has illegally encroached upon at least six and a half acres of land located at...
‘Only alternative irrigation techniques can help save water’
A meeting for adopting alternative irrigation systems and techniques to conserve water in the country was held on Thurday.
“If water availability is threatened, the...
Beware water thieves!
The Left Bank Canal Area Water Board of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (SIDA) has announced a water rotation schedule for the irrigation supply...
Flood warning centre to be set up at irrigation dept
A flood warning centre will be set up in the office of the director regulation, irrigation department, government of Sindh, Room No. 249, First...
Sustainability of irrigation system underlined
The participants of the seminar on ‘Irrigation Reforms: Issues and Options’ have emphasized the need of managing the world’s largest irrigation system network of...
Irrigation network gets CM’s attention, finally!
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah presided a high-level meeting regarding dilapidated irrigation network in Sindh at Chief Minister House on Monday.
The meeting...
‘Stop dumping industrial waste in Keenjhar’
The People’s Tribunal organised by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Tuesday urged the government departments like Fisheries, Irrigation, Wildlife, Tourism and Environment to...
Overhaul of Sindh’s irrigation system to cost Rs 40bn
The Sindh government has estimated that Rs 40 billion would be required for overhauling the province’s irrigation system, participants of a meeting of held...
