Public Health Engineering Department Observed World Water Day

Department of Public Health Engineering Government of Balochistan in collaboration with Balochistan Rural Support Program held one day seminar on Thursday, to observe World Water day, to highlight the importance of water for survival of life in this world Provincial Minister P.H.E Mir Amanullah Notazai, Provincial Minister for Environment and Information Technology Prince Ahmed Ali, Additional Secretary Development Naseebullah Bazai, Mayor Quetta Dr. Kalimullah, Deputy Mayor Quetta Muhammad Younis Baloch, civil society members and social workers were also present on the occasion.

QUETTA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :Department of Public Health Engineering Government of Balochistan in collaboration with Balochistan Rural Support Program held one day seminar on Thursday, to observe World Water day, to highlight the importance of water for survival of life in this world Provincial Minister P.H.E Mir Amanullah Notazai, Provincial Minister for Environment and Information Technology Prince Ahmed Ali, Additional Secretary Development Naseebullah Bazai, Mayor Quetta Dr.

Kalimullah, Deputy Mayor Quetta Muhammad Younis Baloch, civil society members and social workers were also present on the occasion. While addressing the seminar, the speakers said that water problems are being faced by whole world today.

In 2001, connoisseurs said that future wars in the world will be on water dispute rather than oil. They said that from 1997 to 2004, the province of Balochistan experienced worst drought in the history, during which clean drinking water problem was more intensified in Quetta and large number of people migrated from major cities of the province including Chaman, Loralai, Zhob, Pashin, Mastung, Khuzdar, Chaghi and Noshki.

They said that the main objective of the seminar was to aware citizens about the value of water for the uplift of irrigation and agriculture sector in the province. Department of Public Health Engineering with support of BRSP Balochistan, has organized seminars regarding water day in Quetta and other districts of the province, attended by civil society members, scholars, media persons, students and other organizations.

Speakers said that water is a great blessing, it should be valued at all costs, and every individual will have to play his role in making careful use of water to overcome water shortage in the future. They said that there is need to construct small dams all over the province, including Quetta, to prevent water shortage in future.