Scientists say Indian farmers draining Pakistan’s waters

[Parul]

Pakistan’s water storage capacity is abysmally low at 30 days, compared with 120 days in India. PHOTO: FILE

FAISALABAD: The Director of the Water Management Research Centre (WMRC) at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Prof Dr Allah Bakhsh, has expressed deep concern over what he says is the excessive pumping of water by farmers on the Indian side of Punjab. Dr Bakhsh says that excessive pumping is lowering the water table in India, causing water from the Pakistani side to flow to Indian Punjab.

While speaking here at a seminar and workshop on agricultural technologies, he warned that Pakistan’s water storage capacity is abysmally low at 30 days, compared with 120 days in India, 200 days in China and Australia and 500 days in the US. He was of the view that only option left with Pakistan is to increase the crop yield per unit of land and per unit of water consumed.

The two-day seminar had been organised by WMRC and the UAF’s Department of Irrigation and Drainage, and attended by Australian Deputy High Commissioner Paul Molloy, UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Dr Tri Nguyen Quang from the Dalhousie University in Canada.

One of the speakers pointed out that India and Pakistan witnessed 20 and 10 billion cubic metres of water depletion respectively during the last six years, out of the 68 billion cubic metres of available surface water. “We are inefficient in using water, fertiliser, horsepower, human capital and other inputs,” he said; adding that: “If the country keeps the same practice, we will soon see a large segment of the population facing food insecurity.”

Talking about precision agriculture, Molloy said that precision farming implies a management strategy to increase productivity and economic returns with a reduced impact on the environment, by taking into account variability within and between fields. He was of the view that precision farming on a regional level is one way to apply this approach to small-farm agriculture, and may also promote the development of rural areas.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.

Scientists say Indian farmers draining Pakistan

 

[SRP]

That professor forgot that water flows high to low not low to high.

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Excessive pumping as in more efficient farming from the Indian Punjab as compared to the Pakistani Punjab? In a nutshell , Indian farmers are more efficient than Pakistani farmers. Now let's watch the Pakistani Mujahideen on PDF come online and demand that Pakistan goes to war with India over this

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

When did scientists says that? Website date says June 22, 2013. But it could be just the date of publication. So when did scientists give that report?

 

[El Weirdo]

What are ther farmers in Punjab suppose to do let their fields go dry ? They have been hit quite bad as it is , as in they have to invest 4-5 lakh every 2-3 year for a deeper hole to get the water from inside the earth , as the level of water is decrease every year or two , its a dog eat dog world fellas why did U think they wud give any concession to Pakistanis?

Also , the water conservation techniques in India suck big time. people should try to conserve water on their own level atleast in Punjab, forget the piece of $hit Badal`s to help them ... Badal`s are too busy filling their own bank account.
Off topic - Last year I heard that Parkash Singh Badal forcefully took over all the private transport company buses and is running them himself. He wudnt even let the Train line from Chandigarh to Ludhiana (if i m not wrong) run coz it wud hit his transport business (as trains fares are cheaper).
Made me sick!! There are special places in Hell for his likes !!!

 

[Roybot]

So what they want us to about it

 

[SRP]

So what they want us to about it

They want we stop our irrigation otherwise all water will flow back to Punjab which is laughable.

 

[Manindra]

Now , we have new point to discuss
Indian farmers Vs. Pakistani farmers

 

[kawaraj]

Acturally the scientist is standing quite neutral, water sharing is an issue between our nations.

If I were the scientist I would also bring the issue of irrigation pollution when your farmers feed too much chemical fertilizer into the land by your "efficient farming".

 

[PWFI]

Excessive pumping as in more efficient farming from the Indian Punjab as compared to the Pakistani Punjab? In a nutshell , Indian farmers are more efficient than Pakistani farmers. Now let's watch the Pakistani Mujahideen on PDF come online and demand that Pakistan goes to war with India over this

Since hindu keyboard warrior is in action, it's our duty to respond now

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Since hindu keyboard warrior is in action, it's our duty to respond now

Members on this forum need to make their minds up !! On other threads I was just accused of being an "Ishlami$ht hater of idol worshipping Yindoos" ; an "evil Zionist" and now you accuse me of being a "hindu keyboard warrior" ! Man I'm having an identity crisis on PDF

 

[PWFI]

Members on this forum need to make their minds up !! On other threads I was just accused of being an "Ishlami$ht hater of idol worshipping Yindoos" ; an "evil Zionist" and now you accuse me of being a "hindu keyboard warrior" ! Man I'm having an identity crisis on PDF

That's the beauty of PDF, you have lots choices

 

[RazPaK]

Naturally, we Pakistani farmers are better than India counterparts.

 

[Brahmos_2]

Naturally, we Pakistani farmers are better than India counterparts.

We know that

 

[BDforever]

^^^ ... aaaaaaahahahahahaha above comment (post # 13) was hilarious

is it like who can grow more crops in one month or who can better water the land in hour ?