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IRSA asks WAPDA to appoint water inspectors at nine sites Business June 2, 2021 LAHORE: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), apex river water regulatory body having representation of all provinces, has asked the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to appoint water inspectors at nine barrages in Punjab and Sindh for monitoring flows. The move to appoint technical inspectors was pushed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources, which was held on May 24, 2021 under the chairmanship of Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Pakistan Peoples’ Party MNA from NA-220 (Umerkot). According to a memorandum issued by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on May 27, 2021, the 20-member standing committee showed multi-partisan consensus over third-party monitoring of water distribution among provinces. ....
LAHORE: Following a raid by Sindh officials on the Panjnad Barrage to check outflows, a team of the Indus River System Authority also paid a surprise visit to the water infrastructure in the. ....