Pakistan Drought Islamabad: Pakistan is now among the top 23 nations which are facing a major drought emergency, media reports said.
By 2025, droughts may affect almost three quarters of the world’s population, reports The Dawn.
This was highlighted by the Ministry of Climate Change on Thursday as it observed World Desertification and Drought Day, the newspaper reported.
“Droughts are not some new phenomenon. They have always been a part of nature and human experience, however, with massive deforestation, and anthropogenic activities a noticeable change in climate conditions had accelerated the fallout. In Pakistan, people are experiencing water stress and rivers are drying up all over the country due to prolonged heat waves, delayed rains and poor distribution of water," read a statement issued by the Pakistani Ministry.
“This worsens especially when the country is predominantly arid. In addition, Pakistan’s per capita water availability has dropped from 5, 060 cubic metres per annum in 1951 to only 908 cubic metres now. UNDP states that Pakistan will dry up by 2025, if no urgent action is taken today. Our livestock is critically affected by the rising heat and lack of water in already water-stressed areas of Sindh and South Punjab,” it stated.
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