The SAB said current water requirement for Kharif season was more than storing water in dams for future usages. INP/File
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has questioned Punjab irrigation department’s argument over water shortages and storages in Mangla dam, saying that Sindh had been hit in Kharif sowing due to shortages in rivers.
The board raised the question at its meeting held on Sunday presided over by Mehmood Nawaz Shah. Some growers joined the meeting online also.
Present at the meeting were Dr Zulfiqar Yousfani, Imran Bozdar, Aslam Mari, Arbab Ahsan, Taha Memon and others.
The meeting discussed Mangla Dam, Pakistan’s big national reservoir, in detail and expressed dismay on the Punjab irrigation department’s claim that “water should have been allowed to be stored in Mangla Dam and shortages should have been transferred to province”.