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- Title
Exploring Water Scarcity and its Effects on Indigenous Communities in Quetta, Balochistan.
- Authors
Baig, Urooba Jaffar; Magsi, Hussan Ara; Zada, Hammad; Khan, Rizwan Ullah; Ullah, Jawad; Ali Khan, Muhammad Zeeshan
- Abstract
Water stays critical to global economic growth and human survival. Balochistan the largest Province of Pakistan is facing drought, water scarcity, and quality problems, which have adversely impacted the life of the community. The cause for conducting research across the province on water scarcity across the province was limited due to the accommodation, transportation, time constraint, and data collection. Primary and secondary data both data as collected. The primary data was based on questionnaire and the secondary one was taken from the literature. The results indicated that the water level has reached alarming levels, mainly due to subsidy on electric tube wells, indiscriminate installation of tube wells, violation of tube well spacing norms, high delta cropping, population increase, and poor drought management. The paper describes social and environmental consequences of water shortage issues and analyzes the causes of water scarcity including the mismanagement issues of water resources which has intensified over the years. To address the challenges of water scarcity and resource management, this study purposes to find out the reasons plus effects of water scarcity in Quetta city. Additionally, it will also suggest solutions to overcome the water scarcity problem.
- Subjects
QUETTA (Pakistan); WATER shortages; ECONOMIC development; RESOURCE management; DROUGHTS
- Publication
International Journal of Social Science Archives (IJSSA), 2024, Vol 7, Issue 2, p362
- ISSN
2707-8892
- Publication type
Article