Pakistan’s Gwadar port is facing a water shortage. harbor of this city which is at the end of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. is facing severe water shortages. This could dampen Gwadar’s hopes of becoming a center for international trade. Pakistan’s Gwadar Water port has suffered a severe shortage of drinking water. after three years of drought in the arid province of Baluchistan. Officials hope the port city can become an international trading hub.
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Project linking a deep-water port
The end of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). An ambitious $46 billion project linking a deep-water port in the Arabian Sea. with the western Chinese city of Kashgar. But Gwadar faces a growing Gwadar water crisis. leaving 100,000 people without access to safe drinking water. Residents forced to buy expensive water ($115-140 per tanker). or wait days for a truckload of government-subsidized water 80km away. Other locals have turned to boil sea water to ignite. desire to drink This is the second time. that Gwadar and the surrounding areas of Baluchistan province. have suffered severe water shortages for six years.
The investment puts pressure on water resources
Recent investment inflows have put more pressure on Gwadar water resources. The population of the city has increased due to the CPEC project. and if the government does not take immediate action. The crisis will get worse. A Chinese state-owned company took control of a strategically important port in the Pakistani city of Gwadar. By signing a land agreement of over 2,000 acres, the port designated a free trade zone.
Gwadar port officials said, Foreign investors. and domestic companies must bring their own buckets of clean drinking water. “We rely on bottled water. But the poor here are in trouble because of the water crisis,” the official said. Humanitarian crises for the poor
Greatly affected by water shortages
Nasima Ahsan Shah, a female senator from Gwadar. told the third pole net. that women, children, and the poor are greatly affected by Gwadar water shortages. Women also travel miles to wash their clothes. “Madam, we have no more hope from you. Please give us water,” Shah said, referring to a woman in Gwadar during a recent
visit to his constituency. He said that despite the poverty and other social problems in the city. The water crisis made people forget everything.
Construction of two more dams
And we ask the government to take immediate action to provide water,” said Shah Villagers in the said port city gave an interview to the third pole. net by phone that the Akar Kaur Dam is the only source of water for Gwadar. and the surrounding area. almost dehydrated due to prolonged drought Senators explained. that dams designed and built in the early 1990s were unable to meet the city’s water needs. Due to the increasing population. and the slow accumulation of sediment in the reservoir. He asked the authorities to speed up the construction of two more dams under construction.
Gwadar Development Authority
But no one knows how its population is suffering due to water shortages,” M.s Shah said. He criticized the massive electric train project built in Lahore under CPEC. with an investment of over one billion dollars. slow government response Planning, Development and Reform Minister Ahsan Iqbal. who spearheads the CPEC initiative. said the ministry had Understands. the severity of the crisis and is taking immediate action to resolve it. “Gwadar is very important to us. And we will guarantee all facilities. Not just for investors but also to the local people. who are the main stakeholders in the development process,” he said? Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) chief engineer Rafiq Baloch. said the government was procuring water tankers for potable. and distilled Gwadar water for other purposes.
Water-related projects
He said the government is laying a 68 km pipeline from the dam to the city to distribute. the water and that Ahsan Iqbal will oversee these water-related projects. Baluchistan is also the site of a long-running insurgency. And armed groups in the region have targeted drinking water projects. which adds to the current crisis $13 million Savar and Shadi Kaur dam construction. The crime, started by the local government in 2007. suspended in 2014 after armed men abducted contractors and workers. Both dams resumed operations last month. And we will complete the project by 2018.
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