The Flood Commission has predicted that due to monsoon rains, climate change and extreme hot weather , potential threat of floods is there and it is very much likely that more than 25 districts of KP and Baluchistan can be inundated this year
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News / Online - 02nd April, 2019) The Flood Commission has predicted that due to monsoon rains, climate change and extreme hot weather , potential threat of floods is there and it is very much likely that more than 25 districts of KP and Baluchistan can be inundated this year.This warning was issued by the Chairman Federal Flood Commission Ahmed Kamal during the meeting of Standing Committee of the National Assembly for Water Resources , which was held here at Parliament House on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Nawab Yousaf Talpur .
The Chairman Flood Commission told the meeting that in the past the making of water reservoirs and measures for getting safe from the despoilments of flood could not be made in the past due to lack of funds.However , he said that the commission would be updated in the end of May that how many rains are expected in the monsoon this year . He said that Japan has installed state of art flood warning systems on the rivers of Pakistan."We had prepared a five year plan to avoid foods that would be presented in the concerned forum for approval .
The implementation of the plan would cost Rs 177.66 billion in total. Flood Commission demanded Rs 45 billon but government gave only Rs 4 billion, which is insufficient for the fulfilling its future plans", he added.MNA Ali Nawaz Awan told the committee that provinces are ready to give water to Islamabad under 1991 agreement but Indus River System Authority (IRSA) is not taking interest on the matter on which the committee expressed its resentment that IRSA is not complying the decision made by Council of Common Interest (CII) for supplying water to federal capital Islamabad from the share of the provinces.
