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This revision, referred to as the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (Amendment) Act, 2023, was approved by the President on April 11, 2023. The amendment replaced Section 16 of the Act, which details the council's power to hire employees, engage experts, advisers, and consultants, and establish their terms and conditions.
Drinking water supply and sanitation in Pakistan is characterized by some achievements and many challenges. [citation needed] In 2020, 68% Pakistanis, 72% Indians, 54% Bangladeshi had access to the basic sanitation facilities. [ 9] Despite high population growth the country has increased the share of the population with access to an improved ...
Website. www .wapda .gov .pk. The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority ( WAPDA; Urdu: مقتدرہ ترقیات پانی و بجلی) is a government -owned public utility agency maintaining hydropower and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power plants. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources.
On 18 August 2023, Ahmed Irfan Aslam became Caretaker Federal Minister for Law and Justice, [1] [2] as well as Caretaker Federal Minister for Water Resources. [3] He chaired several meetings, including a meeting to review progress on the Diamer-Bhasha Dam [4] and a meeting with the President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) on water-related ...
The Ministry of Water Resources (Pakistan) Urdu: وزارت آبی وسائل, wazarat-e- aabi wasail (abbreviated as MoWR) is a Pakistan Government's federal and executive level ministry created on 4 August 2017 by then-Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The ministry is headed by Pakistan Secretary of Water Resources. The ministry was ...
Website. https://irrigation.punjab.gov.pk/. The Punjab Irrigation Department ( Punjabi, Urdu: محکمہ آبپاشی پنجاب) is a provincial government department responsible for irrigation in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] It irrigates 21 million acres (8,500,000 ha) of the agricultural land in the province. [2]
Indus River System Authority. Indus River System Authority (IRSA) is a water regulator in Pakistan, established in 1992 as an act of Parliament. The authority was established for regulating and monitoring the distribution of water resources of the Indus River system among the provinces, in accordance with provisions of the water accord.
A transition period of 10 years was permitted in which India was bound to supply water to the canals of Pakistan from its eastern rivers until Pakistan was able to build the canal system for utilization of waters of the western rivers. Such water supply to Pakistan was not interrupted even during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.