Awaz Apni Karachi Sindh’s water requirements had now been fulfilled, as the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) had released water for Sindh’s barrages, said Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah while addressing media representatives on Thursday at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Shah said Guddu Barrage’s requirement of 170,000 cusecs of water and Sukkur Barrage’s 135,000 cusecs had been met. Since Sukkur Barrage also provides water to Balochistan, the chief minister said, as many as 2,200 cusecs of water would be now released for Balochistan. Similarly, 4,000 cusecs of water had been released for Kotri downstream for the first time. Expressing concern over the reopening of the Chashma-Jhelum (CJ) Link Canal, Shah said that he would ask Irsa to reconsider its decision as there was no provision for sharing water from the River Indus for the CJ Link Canal as per the Water Accord of 1991. The CM said that water shortage in Sindh this year was the worst during the last...
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