A view of the Kharbara Dam in Ghazi. Dawn
HARIPUR: The dry spell persisting for the last few months has caused scarcity of irrigation water across the district, as almost all local small dams are nearing the dead level, official sources and farmers told this correspondent on Friday.
They said that the water shortage had exposed the orchards and standing crops spread over hundreds of acres to damage.
They said that like other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the weather conditions in Haripur district had also witnessed changes reducing the rainfall to minimum during last few months.
As a result, the water availability in the rain-fed small and large dams was badly affected, resulting in lesser supply of irrigation water to the farmers.
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Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh will be able to procure the Covid-19 vaccine at a lower cost compared to many other countries due to the government s prompt decision to this end.
The minister said this while talking to journalists at his farmhouse in Garpara area of Manikganj this afternoon. Order for procuring vaccine for nearly six crore people has been confirmed. More orders will be made in steps accordingly, he said. Oxford s vaccine will be available at a maximum cost of USD 5. The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to grant approval for the vaccine very soon. It has less side effects. We will have three crore doses of the Oxford vaccine, the minister also said.