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Jam Mehtab inaugurates building of USPCAS-W at MUET

Jam Mehtab inaugurates building of USPCAS-W at MUET.
HYDERABAD: Sindh Education Minister Jam Methab Hussain Dehar alongwith (US AID) Mission Director Jerry Bisson and Deputy Mission Director Denise Herbal Thursday inaugurated the newly established building of ‘U.S-Pakistan Center for Advanced Study in Water (UPCAS-W) ‘ at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro.
He extended thanks and appreciation to the American People and US Agency for International Development (USAID) for full financial support, including funding for this Center, and also thanks to the University of Utah for providing technical and capacity building support for the Center.
He also congratulated to the Vice Chancellor Mehran University and the Project Director of the Center for having such state-of-the-art building, adding that water-related challenges of the country which are multi-dimensional and multi-faceted could be addressed in accordance with the latest mehods and technologies of water preservation.
He said that water shortage, low system efficiency, conventional irrigation methods leading to inefficient use of water resources, low water productivity, mining of ground water including brackish water, limited availability of clean drinking water and so on were the key issues which needs to be addressed.
This is beside the challenges related to limited storage capacity and decreasing availability of water from the current water storage structures, he added.
He expressed his satisfaction to note that the Center was focusing on water-related issues in a big way and as a part of the Sustainable Development Goals, more particularly water-related SDGs which is crucial for advancing sustainable water development, given the enormity of water crisis Pakistan is facing.
He informed that Sindh Water Sector Improvement Project (WSIP) was also part of the Planning and Development Department and engaged in improving water use efficiency, overcoming water scarcity and implementation of IWRM plans.
We are also focusing our efforts to ensure supply of safe drinking water and sanitation services, the minister informed and added that Clean Water Project of Mehran University is also part of this initiative and many other projects.
Qureshi also addressed the participants of the inauguration ceremony.

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