*LAHORE – Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has termedPakistan’s water crisis as ‘detrimental’ and has urged households to startsaving water, ARY News reported on Monday.*
Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the erstwhile chief justice said the wholecountry was facing a water crisis and the incumbent government should relaythe plans for making dams to the general public.
Nisar added that he experienced the water problem when he was in twoprovincial headquarters Karachi and Quetta. “During a hearing in Quetta, Ifound out that the level of water has fallen below 2000 meters. If we donot tackle this crisis then the people of Quetta will have to migrate.”
He also enlightened the participants that as chief justice of the SupremeCourt, he ordered the creation of three dams for Punjab and two for Sindh.“Rawal dam provided water to Rawalpindi but now housing societies have beenmade around it and their wastage is being thrown in the fresh waterreservoir.”
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Taking a jibe at the past governments, Nisar said that other nations hadreached the moon but we [Pakistan] have failed to even construct dams. “Theprevailing water crisis has become a matter of life and death for us”, hesaid.
He informed the people that he also took the mineral water companies totask because they paid a very less amount for extracting water from theground.
