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Fleet Tanker PNS NASR to Gwadar with 1200 tons of fresh/drinking water.

GWADAR: A desalination plant installed in the private sector is working successfully and is selling 100,000 gallons of drinking water to the public health engineering department daily for the supply of water to the people of Gwadar.

Sources said that in view of a serious water shortage crisis in Gwadar, Pasni and Jewani in 2008, the provincial government had decided to install four desalination plants in Gwadar district for making sea water drinkable. The installation of plants was planned for solving the water shortage problem of the district on a permanent basis.

The task for the installation of the four desalination plants was assigned to the Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) which had begun work on the project shortly. The construction cost of one plant being installed in Gwadar’s industrial area was Rs1 billion. It had a capacity of two million gallons of water per day. The other three plants having capacity of 200,000 gallons of water were installed in Pasni, Jewani and Singhar Housing Scheme with a cost of Rs200 million for each.

The sources said the BDA awarded contracts for the plants and work had begun on all of them. Machinery for the plants had been purchased and shifted to the proposed places for installation. However, work on none of the plants could be completed on time.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had launched an inquiry into the delay in the installation of machinery in the plants, but to no avail.

Despite written assurances by the contractors to complete work on time, no plant has so far been made functional.

After Gwadar and adjacent areas were hit by a severe water shortage crisis in 2014, authorities had tried to complete the desalination plant installed in the Gwadar’s industrial area on an emergency basis. Generators were provided and transmission lines were laid. But, the plant could not achieve its full capacity. It is now producing 300,000 to 400,000 gallons of water per day.

An official of the Gwadar administration told Dawn that the plant could not be made fully functional due to non-availability of engineers.

The three other plants in Pasni, Jewani and Singhar Housing Scheme are still not functional.

Officials of the Public Health Engineering Department told Dawn that water crisis was worsening in the Gwadar district. Gwadar town, Pasni, Jewani, Pishkan and many other villages need 8.3 million gallons of water daily while they are being supplied 2.5 million gallons of water from the Mirani dam, which is located in Kech district.

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You may need Chinese help, they have made man made canals.....same like south north water transfer project......
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Something like this...

Pakistan has massive canal system, the largest canal irrigation system in the world...the picture you posted looks like Ghazi Barotha canal Pakistan...

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Naa bro, that particular picture is of south north water transfer project...china
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Thats from the center route Henan project, right now this is the worlds largest man made water transfer project....it is not a river that is flowing, they have made this by themselves, its cost is a staggering $76 billion.....

What you say is transfer water from southern China to northern provinces.
East line use pumps to deliver water from south to north, via the ancient Beijing-Hangzhou canal (Construction completed); central line they use dig channels to deliver water (the construction is being undertaken); west line is still a blueprint, the technology is too difficult. Approx saying, they will connect the sources of Yangzi river and Yellow river on Plateau / mountain areas.
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Thinking if it is economically viable to buy drinking water from Sri Lanka or Maldives or Indonesia and bring by ship to the port
 
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@Arsalan This is exactly what I am suggesting
I told you what i think about it,
VERY expensive, may be not very practical for us either but a revolutionary thing is made possible. Will change the fate of Baluchistan and the country!! That is 40% of your land laying useless there, agriculture on that alone will make a huge difference.
 
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The Prevalent scarcity of water in Balochistan due scanty water resources and marginal rains is affecting the common man to such a level that the situation needs to be addressed.

Being aware of the situation, Pakistan Navy utilizing its resources promptly dispatched its Fleet Tanker PNS NASR to Gwadar with 1200 tons of fresh/drinking water. The Ship reached yesterday at Gwadar port and distribution of water to area residents has been made in coordination with local District Administration. The fresh water supply by Pakistan Navy is paying the dividends and the situation in Gwadar City has improved. Commander West Navy, Commodore Ovais Hyder Zaidi is presently supervising the said relief efforts on behalf of Pakistan Navy.

It may be mentioned that Pakistan Navy, having its operational bases and adequate presence at coastal belt, is actively pursuing various development projects especially at Gwadar and Ormara. Pakistan Navy would continue to provide all out assistance through its relief and rehabilitation support, whether it be an earthquake, flood or any natural calamity to ease out miseries of populace.


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Water is basic necessity ita sad to see Balochistan is still struggling even after 70 yrs of creation of pakistan
 
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This is not the purpose of this ship. Govt should install a desalination plant and convert the sea water into potable water. And the plant should be of size that caters for the future needs with ample provision for upgradability and expansion.
 
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Pakistan is on the verge of facing drought because of non stop illegal tree cutting & this will ultimately lead to Destertificatiin. Trees are life & apart from that beauty & dam serious steps should be taken to counter Destertification or else our future generations will face drought.
 
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