PAF AIR WAR college delegation briefed about water, hydropower sectors Mon 15th February 2021 | 05:30 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Feb, 2021 ) :A delegation of the PAF Air War College, Karachi on Monday was apprised that per capita water availability in Pakistan had come down from 5650 cubic meter in 1951 to an alarming level of 908 cubic meter per annum, pushing us to the stage of water-scarce country.
Briefing the visiting delegation at WAPDA House, General Manager (Hydrology and Water Management) Shahid Hameed said that Pakistan can store only 10 percent of its annual river flows against the world average of 40 percent.
Ironically, instead of increasing water storage capacity, Pakistan has lost about one-fourth storage of the dams, said a press release.