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The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday requested Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to intervene in the matter and get the report released. Photo by Kohi Marri/File
ISLAMABAD: As the report on water distribution, which had to be released in one month, has been pending with the Attorney General Office for the last one year, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday requested Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to intervene in the matter and get the report released.
A meeting of the committee, held at the Ministry of Water Resources, was presided over by Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur and attended by MNAs Ali Nawaz Awan, Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhatti, Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik, Naureen Farooq Ibrahim, Nuzhat Pathan, Chaudhry Muhammad Hamid Hameed (through video link), Riaz-ul-Haq, Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari and Afreen Khan. Parliament
Inspectors will spot check water losses: NA panel
Committee told thousands of cusecs of water going to waste in the country
ISLAMABAD:
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday took notice of thousands of cusecs of water going to waste in the country and directed to appoint inspectors for spot checking of water losses.
The committee meeting, presided over by Nawab Yousaf Talpur via video link, also directed to set up a committee consisting of representatives of Punjab and Sindh irrigation departments, and Indus River System Authority (Irsa) to examine and control water losses.
Parliamentary secretary for water resources, Punjab minister for irrigation department, Punjab and Sindh irrigation departments’ secretaries attended the meeting through video link.