Federal Government’s decision to install a new satellite monitoring system to prevent water distribution and theft
Under the new plan, telemetry system for satellite monitoring will be installed at 27 locations
A new estimated cost of 23 billion 83 crore 47 lakh rupees was approved in the ECNIC meeting.
Islamabad ( Web News )
The federal government has decided to install a new satellite monitoring system to distribute the water available in Pakistan in a fair manner to the provinces and to prevent water theft. In its last meeting, Manturi will give a revised estimate of 23 billion 83 crore 47 lakh rupees for satellite monitoring at 27 places in the country. In the past, telemetry systems were installed at 24 places in the country and in the light of the opinions of the provinces, new plans were made by adding 3 places. Telemetry system for satellite monitoring will be installed at 27 locations under the Indus Basin Irrigation System is considered the backbone of Pakistan’s agricultural economy, which includes crops, livestock water, fisheries, poultry and fish farming, and forestry, which are Pakistan’s The economy accounts for 18.5% of GDP and provides employment to 38.5% of Pakistan’s labor force, the Indus Basin Irrigation System is one of the few largest hydraulic irrigation systems in the world, as Pakistan has built over several decades. What is today, which is estimated to cost around 300 billion dollars, including two large dams, including Tarbela Dam and Mangla Dam, 16 barrages, 2 headworks, 12 inter-river canals, 45 canal irrigation systems that irrigate 1.7 million square feet of land in Pakistan. 191 Agreement on Water Distribution in Pakistan is recognized as a historical document which is effective since March 21, 1991, under which water is distributed among the provinces. The System Act 1992 was passed by the Parliament, in order to prevent water theft and illegal use of water, telemetry system was installed for the first time in 2004 at 24 locations of the Indus River system at a cost of 54 million dollars. The surface-based Friends of Democratic Pakistan (SODP) recommended in 2012 that Pakistan replace its old and outdated satellite water monitoring telemetry system with today’s modern telemetry system. This system was installed in Roshni, but once again the objections of the provinces came out on its operation, in the light of which, while approving the National Water Policy 2018, it was recommended to introduce a satellite monitoring system in Pakistan so that this system The link should be with the Arsa headquarters of the four provinces and the federation and the experts of the federation and the provinces can monitor the water distribution system online by sitting at their places through satellite, in the light of this important decision, the federal government Two years ago, the estimated cost of installing the telemetry system was frozen after the spread of the Corona virus in the country, and after that, it was once again decided to install the latest telemetry system in Pakistan. For which a new estimated cost of 23 billion 83 crore 47 lakh rupees was approved in the ECNC meeting.
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