Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 20 By Elnur Baghishov – Trend: In the future, water will be more valuable than bread, Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholamhossein Shafei said at the second biennial Water Economy Conference held in Tehran, Trend reports via Iranian media.
Iran may undergo a serious crisis, if the country doesn’t address water-related problems, Shafei said, adding that the work to address the problem and the construction of water dams were not assessed properly.
He underlined that Iran should strive to solve water-related problems and involve the private sector in the process.
"Sadly, Iran is facing water scarcity and drought, but Iranians have proven that they are capable of dealing with it," he said.
Earlier, it was reported that during the last Iranian planting season (started Sept. 23, 2017), draught caused severe damage worth about $18.571 million to Tiran and Karvan county of Iran’s Isfahan province The drought caused decrease in production at ​​1,800 hectares.
Also, horticulture production decreased by 10,000 tons and the sector suffered a damage worth about $10.714 million.

(MENAFN – Trend News Agency) Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 20 By Elnur Baghishov – Trend: In the future, water will be more valuable than bread, Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholamhossein Shafei said at the second biennial Water Economy Conference held in Tehran, Trend reports via Iranian media.
Iran may undergo a serious crisis, if the country doesn’t address water-related problems, Shafei said, adding that the work to address the problem and the construction of water dams were not assessed properly.
He underlined that Iran should strive to solve water-related problems and involve the private sector in the process.
"Sadly, Iran is facing water scarcity and drought, but Iranians have proven that they are capable of dealing with it," he said.
Earlier, it was reported that during the last Iranian planting season (started Sept. 23, 2017), draught caused severe damage worth about $18.571 million to Tiran and Karvan county of Iran’s Isfahan province The drought caused decrease in production at ​​1,800 hectares.
Also, horticulture production decreased by 10,000 tons and the sector suffered a damage worth about $10.714 million.
Follow Trend on Telegram.
Only most interesting and important news

Reason?
The raw water availability has been reduced in Kanhan river due to stoppage of water for the ongoing construction of Kochchhi barrage.
A senior official from Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) water works department confirmed the development and stated that on December 14, the raw water pumping was 180 MLD.
The under-construction Kochchhi barrage of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) is situated 37km upstream of Kanhan WTP intake well and has completely stopped the river water.
As a result, till December 14, the raw water availability at Kanhan WTP intake wells was normal and since December 15, around 20-30MLD less pumping is being done from Kanhan water treatment plant.
Following a demand of the NMC, on December 15, VIDC has released additional water from Khekranala Dam.
But till December 17, it did not reach the Kanhan water works intake wells as most of the quantum of water is utilized in filling the Kochchhi barrage.
“It is imperative that more quantum of water be released from Kochchhi barrage to ensure normal availability of raw water at Kanhan intake wells,” the official said.
North Nagpur residents lock OCW office Angry residents of North Nagpur under the leaderships of BSP corporators Jitendra Ghodeswar, Ibrahim Tailor, former corporator Murlidhar Meshram and Raju Chandekar on Monday locked the office of Orange City Water (OCW) situated in Buddha Park under Ashi Nagar zone of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) .
Additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi and senior officials from OCW have assured to resolve the issue within two days.

By 2050 world population will be growing about 2.3 billion people and about two third of people may have to experience water scarcity.
In many countries shortage of drinking water is being taken seriously and now it has been recognized as water crisis.
But due to peculiar characteristics of water its conservation is main problem.
Demand of water for life Due to increased population the demand for fresh water is also increased which has direct effect on agricultural production.
Due to climate change droughts are occurring as water scarcity is main issue.
As a result of climate change, stress magnitude on water resources will be increased.
Importance of forests for abundant water There is precise relationship between forests and water.
However regarding public policies for water conservation, the relationship between water and forests is still controversial.
All management practices should be adopted to prevent the additional water losses without compromising on yield.
In context to the assessment of management strategies for crop production there should be improvement in irrigation scheme and irrigation system for management of agricultural water in more sustainable way.

Afghanistan has abundant water resources.
The Kabul River supplies percent of the annual flow of water in the country, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing along the borders of 11 provinces before draining into the Indus River near the city of Attock in Pakistan.
The river and its tributaries provide an important source of livelihood for nearly people living around the basin – and that population is expected to increase to 37 million by 2050.
The Afghan government recently announced that they will soon commence work on the construction of the Shahtoot Dam on the Kabul River.
But for Afghanistan, improving its power and water infrastructures is imperative to jumpstart its lagging economy and ensure internal stability.
More than 80 percent of the Afghan population lives in rural areas, the majority of whom depend on agriculture for livelihood.
Therefore, improving its power and water infrastructure is a pre-requisite for the socioeconomic development of Afghanistan.
The river irrigates of this fertile region – providing 85 percent of irrigation in Charsada, 80 percent in Peshawar, and 47.5 percent in Nowshera — and is the of drinking water for millions of Pakistanis living around the basin.
For instance, the Indus Water Treaty was signed between Pakistan and India in 1960 to regulate how the two countries share the Indus River.
In a meeting to review the treaty, said, “Blood and water can’t flow together.” Thus, India is planning to construct new dams on the river to maximize its water usage and is reviving the Tulbul project — a dam that has fueled dispute between India and Pakistan since 1987.

The region, comprising eight districts, is getting water through 635 tankers.
Of these, 438 have been pressed into service in Aurangabad district alone, officials said.
In Beed district, population of 2.14 lakh is receiving water through 113 tankers, whereas Jalna district has 59 tankers providing water to 1.39 lakh people.
A senior official from the revenue department said on Saturday that over 565 wells have been acquired from different parts of Marathwada to fill water tankers.
“Maximum wells (251) have been seized in Aurangabad district, followed by Beed (129), Osmanabad (96), Jalna (87) and Nanded (2).
The water from these acquired wells is strictly reserved for drinking purposes only,” he said.
The demand for tankers is increasing rapidly.
Among eight districts of the region, Beed district reported the lowest (47%) average annual rainfall, followed by Aurangabad (51%) and Jalna (60%).
Gangapur tensil is the worst affected with 113 tankers, followed by Vaijapur (92), Sillod (78), Paithan (70) and Aurangabad (42).
In Beed district, tehsil limits of Beed is receiving maximum number of tankers (32), followed by Georai and Ashti (both 26).

Here is a look at the causes behind lack of water in Iran 1) One of the causes of water scarcity in southern Iran and the rest of the country is because of extensive and generally non-scientific dam building by Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
The lands that have been dried up by these dams are grounds for particulate storms.
The dam was built on a salty ground.
However, the project continued, and the result was that not only the water behind the dam became salty water, but also many of Khuzestan’s land suffered irreparable damage due to water salinity.
In July, people of Khorramshahr came to the streets for lack of drinking water.
This city is located near the Karun River, but it does not have drinking water.
5) Also in July in Borazjan, which was suffering from lack of water and people were protesting, the IRGC attacked Kazerooni farmers’ pumps and killed one of the farmers.
Drying of Lake Orumiyeh is partly due to 80,000 deep wells dug around it.
9) Mohamad Nasari, representative of Khuzestan province in the Supreme Council of the Provinces, said: “The problem of water salinity in some cities in Khuzestan is serious.
Water salinity in some cities in Khuzestan such as Shadegan, Abadan and Khorramshahr, is the same as the salinity of the sea and the transport of water with tankers does not provide the people’s needs, and people have to buy mineral water for drinking.” 10- According to the IRNA State News Agency, in May 2018, a member of the city council said about the situation in the city of Ahwaz: "The situation in Ahwaz currently is very dangerous and volatile.

Staff Reporter Islamabad The Supreme Court, hearing a suo motu case on the shortage of clean drinking water in Balochistan’s Bhagnari area on Friday, formed a commission tasked with coming up with recommendations for ending the shortage.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had taken suo motu notice of the non-availability of pure and safe drinking water to the people of Bhagnari, Bolan.
Justice Nisar asked the deputy commissioner Bolan if the video played in court was authentic, to which the latter replied in the affirmative.The DC said that all the problems in the area were due to a shortage of water, and added that an RO plant would be set up there in two months.
Residents of Bhagnari, who appeared in court, told the bench that their situation is “even worse than Thar”.
“Only one road leads to Bhagnari, and it is an hour’s journey,” they said.
“Even in Thar, no one seems ready to drink water from an RO plant,” Justice Nisar, who had recently visited the area, said.
He wondered why a development authority had not been formed for Thar, and directed the Sindh advocate general to ask the chief minister to form a Thar Development Authority.
“All the money goes into salaries.
Do you know how much their directors’ salaries are?
“I will summon the Balochistan chief minister, I will summon the entire cabinet if I have to.”The court formed a two-member commission headed by Supreme Court Bar Association President Amanullah Kanrani.

Water scarcity isn’t entirely about the shortage of a resource.
It’s privilege, status and wealth that decide who gets water and who doesn’t, said the panelists at the session Does Water have a Gender?
“The water crisis is a socially mediated one.
It is a crisis of power — you have water that flows upwards to money,” said sociologist Lyla Mehta, who has worked on water issues in India and southern Africa.
Caste is a marker of who gets water in India, as are wealth and location.
“Women have an unfair burden of planning water supply for their families.
So, we need to involve them in planning of water policy and implementation for anything to change,” said WaterAid CEO VK Madhavan.
He explained that eight times out of 10, it is likely to be a woman or a girl child fetching water, which takes away time that could otherwise be spent on education or economic activity.
“Pictures of women carrying pots maybe beautiful, but it’s a crime, an outrage that women and girls are carrying 20 litres on their heads for kilometres every day,” she said.
Unless we price water, we won’t use it well,” said Madhavan.

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said construction of Mohmand dam to address water scarcity issues of Peshawar once it for all, ARY News reported on Friday.
This he said while addressing a ceremony held in the province’s Nishtar Hall to mark 100 days of the PTI government.
“Government is collecting funds for construction of Mohmand dam like Bhasha, plan is to provide potable drinking water to every Pakistani” PM contented.
He said people of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa re-elected PTI to rule over the province for the second consecutive time over its performance of last five years in the province.
“The second chance given by people of KP shows trust of people of KP in PTI,” the PM maintained.
Mr Khan said he sees no precedent in past that steps were taken for transforming Pakistan into a welfare state, “Policies were only formed to benefit small section of the society,” he lamented.
Unveiling government’s steps for uplifting of the education sector in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan a uniform education system will be introduced in the country soon.
Terming the serving of masses, a top priority, PM urged ministers to ensure their presence at their respective offices on daily basis to come up with the expectations of the people of the province, according to the mandate that was given to PTI in 2018 General Polls.
Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that two secretaries were working against elected government, “Ministers should take action against bureaucrats who are creating hindrances in rendering public services,” he added.
Imran Khan said he was ridiculed over selling PM’s house buffaloes, unfortunately no steps were taken after independence to narrow gap between people of the country and governments.