Comment: Pakistan’s policymakers must address climate migration

Climate-induced migration in the Sindh and Balochistan regions of Pakistan is primarily caused by the lack of access to fresh water. However, the government's approach to managing Pakistan's water crisis revolves around building more dams upstream. Unfortunately, this strategy is expected to have detrimental consequences, potentially turning the southern parts of the country into barren wastelands. Critics argue that the government's dam construction policy appears to favor certain provinces' agricultural needs at the expense of Sindh, which is suffering from water scarcity. They highlight the paradox of discussing dam construction while the river fails to reach the sea.

Date: Augst 13, 2021

Source: thethirdpole.net