Let’s keep in mind that the River Indus is the only dependable source of water for sustaining life and for agricultural purposes. The existing water situation is indeed scary. The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources warns that the country touched ‘water-stress line’ in 1990 and it may face an alarming situation of ‘water scarcity’ by the year 2025. Population and water scarcity bombs have begun ticking together. And a drought-like situation, as result of water scarcity, is just around the corner.

Source: The Express Tribune December 23, 2017 07:07 UTC