Water Crisis and lack of clean drinking water

Introduction

Water is essential for life. Yet, millions worldwide face a water crisis, struggling to access clean drinking water. This issue affects health, education, and economic stability. Pakistan is one of the top countries suffering from water scarcity.

Water scarcity in Pakistan

Water scarcity not only includes the drought but also the lack of clean drinking water. In Pakistan, this issue is highly seen in Sindh and some areas of Punjab mainly Southern Punjab.

Causes & consequences of water Crisis

Limited water resources and pollution from industrial, agricultural, and domestic waste has contaminated water. Changing weather patterns also affect water availability. Moreover, lack of proper water treatment and distribution systems in many regions has forced the population to use contaminated water which leads to diseases like cholera and diarrhea.  Women and children often walk miles to fetch water, affecting education and work in Tharparkar and areas of Punjab including Bahawalnagar and Vehari etc. It has great impact on agriculture and industry.

Role of Kawish Welfare Foundation

To cope up all these problems Kawish Welfare Foundation took a step forward and introduced a program Clean Drinking Water. They targeted the most sensitive areas and established a team of local people . The coordinators of Kawish welfare foundation points out the areas from where fetching of clean water through wells and hand pumps is possible and feasible.

In Sindh almost 1000+ water wells and heavy pumps has been installed till the date and more than 250 in Punjab. The areas with more population is installed with water well and with less population is carried with heavy pumps. Each well costs more than 1,80,000 PKR and each heavy pump costs about 70,000 PKR.