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 Pakistan village refuses water diversion [1]

a unique people's movement is gathering momentum in Pakistan. Local residents and politicians of a small town in central Punjab in Pakistan are resisting tooth and nail an attempt to siphon off their water resources to a bigger urban centre.

The plan to install tubewells in the villages around Chiniot, which lies on the banks of Chenab river, has been formulated by the provincial government. These tubewells will provide

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Muddassir Rizvi [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Water Resources [4], Tubewells [5], Water Conservation [6], Conflicts [7], Pakistan [8]
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