Pakistan News And Discussion-13

[Naresh]

[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>IRSA sees water shortage at 22%</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>* Projects water availability at 28.64m MAF</i>

ISLAMABAD: The advisory committee of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has anticipated water shortfall at 22 percent for the Rabi crop season and the water availability for the 2007-08 winter crops would stand at 28.64 million acre feet (MAF).

The committee made this decision on the recommendations of the IRSA’s technical committee that had anticipated overall availability of water in the rivers during the Rabi season at 31.07 MAF and had forecast 28.38 MAF as minimum water available in the rivers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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