Irrigation system in Sindh being upgraded on modern lines

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MG News | July 15, 2017 at 06:49 PM GMT+05:00

Irrigation system in Sindh is being upgraded on modern lines keeping in view global environmental degradation and rapidly growing water needs.

Sources concerned informed Radio Pakistan taht Rs 14 billion have been spent during the last financial year on strengthening of canal banks, re-sectioning of canals, and construction of bridges.

Meanwhile, a project costing over Rs 8 billion has also been worked out in cooperation with World Bank for strengthening embankments to control floods and construction of small dams in the province.

A plan has also been chalked out to deal with global warning and meet the shortage of water in the province.

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