Blazing Pakistani Heatwave Cripples Water Systems In Lahore

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THE unprecedented hot weather has ruined the water supply system in Lahore, creating serious difficulties for the citizens as the situation is spiralling out of WASA control.

While the complaints about the acute shortage of drinking water are increasing, WASA is facing problems in maintaining its tube-wells and providing water in adequate supply to the people. The News office is receiving complaints of water shortage from Cooper Road, Nisbat Road, Faisal Town, Bagbanpura, Mughalpura, Gulberg, Allama Iqbal Town, Shah Jamal, Jauhar Town, Garhi Shahu, Muslim Town, Sanda, Green Town and Walled City for the last three weeks.

"We are not getting water even at ground floors. Water pressure has been very low since the weather turned hot in June. There is no water for the last two weeks," complained Ahsan, a resident of Cooper Road. Initially the tube-well was out of order. On repeated complaints, it was repaired after five days. Now the it is operating but the water is not coming in most of the houses, he told The News by phone on Friday. The sources said the complaints about water shortage were in hundreds. Almost every third City locality is affected by paucity of portable water. Majority of people in affected areas are living a miserable life in extreme weather. Many of them are forced to bring water from adjoining houses and other localities for domestic use.

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The depletion of underground water table is another reason behind frequent disorder of tube-wells. On an average, five to seven tube-wells are getting out of order because the water level has gone down or electric motors have burnt for poor maintenance and low power load. The water table in Lahore has been falling down by nine feet per year during the last five year and since 1976, it has declined about 65 feet. The experts fear that if the water table continues depleting at such scale, the salty water from a particular belt in Sheikhupura district might creep into the underground water reservoir of Lahore."

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http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jun2005-daily/25-06-2005/metro/l6.htm

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1. A little slice of the future

[phantom power]

2. We have failed to control our population.

And very soon it's going to be controlled for us. We're going to wish we'd done it on our own terms, before it's over.

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3. best population control is $ empowerment

raise the basic standard of living and birth rates drop, so much so that as example, formerly extremely high birth rate quebec (until the 60's) now must offer $$ rewards to quebecers to have kids, more kids...
the overpopulation actually is in the '1st' world...it's been proven a '1st' world baby dooms so much of the enviro, and requires so many hectares of land just to feed, while in china or africa/india etc entire families get by on less then an acre.....
the real problem is god is a goof for creating the human race

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4. That is the most humane. But the four horsemen are very effective too.

Since we have largely failed to implement $ empowerment, the laws of nature will kick in.

And don't forget religeon. I know several catholic families with a high standard of living and education, and they all have 5-7 kids. It's completely unsustainable, but religion trumps rational attitudes toward reproductive choices.