‘Lack of storage causing waste of water’

Islamabad :Adviser to the prime minister on climate change Malik Amin Aslam on Monday said Pakistan was wasting 40 million acre feet (MAF) water reaching its reserviour to Tarbela in 100 days due to lack of storage.

Addressing the Climate Change Adaptation Conference organized by Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF) here, the adviser said Pakistan was signatory to Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and according to it, Pakistan had 15 potential sites at the eastern and western banks of Indus River.

"These sites can be used as a storage capacity to recharge underground water as a wetlands and sources for ecological conservation.

"We have the only source to store this plenty of water dumped into the oceans is aquifer (underground water)," he said.