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May 17, 2021

Water row between Centre and Sindh intensifies

ISLAMABAD: The water row between Sindh and central governments has intensified after the Indus River System Authority opened the Chashma-Jehlum and Taunsa-Punjnad link canals, resulting into 43 percent shortages at the Kotri Barrage owing to which downstream Kotri water releases have squeezed to just 300-400 cusecs.The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water is also going to meet in this current week to listen to the provincial government’s apprehensions on water shortages being...