Drip Irrigation Helps Overcome Water Scarcity

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 22, 2019 | 07:08 PM

Drip irrigation could not only help in overcoming water scarcity but also increase produce from 20 to 100 percent

FAISALABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :Drip irrigation could not only help in overcoming water scarcity but also increase produce from 20 to 100 percent.

A spokesman of the agriculture extension department told APP here on Tuesday that the country was facing severe shortage of water and is placed at 7th number in water scarcity in the world.

At the time of independence, there was 5600 cusecs water for every citizen in Pakistan which now reduced to 1000 cusecs per capita. This availability will further decrease to 800 cusecs per head by 2025, he apprehended.

He said that government was providing 60 percent subsidy on construction of water ponds and 80 percent subsidy on installation of solar system for drip irrigation,adding that drip irrigation helps the salts to move deep into the soil and get easily absorbed by the roots of the plant.